2010 .. The World, Post Economic Meltdown – Is Systemic Change in Your Education System Preventing ‘Lost Potential’?

Source: Perdoan, C. (2010). Beyond the Crisis: Shifting Gears. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

See the article here.

In his recent FM Duffy Report (Volume 15, No. 1), titled “Prologue to Revolution“, Dr. Duffy offers an impassioned, clear goal for leaders, schools and parents facing the shortcomings of the education system today.

The economic slump continues worldwide and we have seen teacher unemployment and school system change by orders of magnitude in the last four years. Not long ago, the change challenge for school leaders was to hire talent, improve infrastructure and handle economic boom effects. Four short years later we face 255,000 teacher job losses in the US alone (White House, 2010) while unprecedented massive cuts to K-12 education budgets in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom mean certain change for millions of teachers and learners.

Are the changes in education systems that you work upon incremental ones as our history shows in education (ie: to cut HR costs, cut learning technology expenses, etc.. ) or.. are you implementing systemic change to prevent such ‘shocks’ that cause education systems to stagger (again and again)?

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Beth Rajan Sockman Says:

November 12, 2010 at 2:35 pm

This report highlights a need for a call action. At the University Level, we are also feeling budgetary crunch which is forcing us to rethink how we organize. However, as predicted by Senge, Freidman, and many (of your) others there is a dearth of leadership to provide vision through this change. Another obstacle – our culture. We are a society the “quick fix”, and immediate gratification. I am wondering, how can we help facilitate an understanding of the need for change – that is palatable to our culture.