Teachers, business leaders discuss how to prepare students for future

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Normally the classrooms at Jefferson City High School are packed with restless, high-spirited teenagers. On Wednesday morning, a new group of people was being schooled, and this time area business leaders and teachers had to answer the tough questions.

The event was another brick in the path school leaders are paving as part of their plan to create seven new “academies” at the high school. As envisioned, each academy would have a different professional theme — say, Business Management or Health Services — and would house 300 to 500 students.

In the room devoted to Industrial Engineering and Technology, more than two dozen people worked in small groups to answer two key questions:

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JCLifer 8 months, 1 week ago

Passing standardized tests from the government is the only way students can get prepared for their futures. Everyone knows that.

GrumpyGus 8 months, 1 week ago

Get away from the "save the world" studies and back to the basic math and science that will actually allow students to have an impact in their chosen areas of endeavor. The scientific method seems to have been completely lost to this generation's students in favor of feel good causes championed by Disney actors (actors with very little education themselves).

spelchek 8 months ago

"...was being schooled,..." -- Is this correct NT? I'm asking because the word "was" seems to be misused more and more these days, myself included.

asb 8 months ago

"A group of students" is singular (the group), so "was" is correct. If it were plural, like "the students" then "were schooled" would be correct.

JCLifer 8 months ago

You go, ASB! We ain't no groups of dummies here!

eileen10 8 months ago

Lifer is funny : )

interested_party 8 months ago

I think this makes perfect sense. Why not discuss the evolution of education with those who will be hiring our graduates in the future. Academy learning does not mean that the kids won't get basic math and science skills, it just allows them to apply those skills in new and engaging ways.

Sequoia 8 months ago

We better hurry up and get those kids learning how to be good, obedient Consumers and Office Drones. We certainly don't want to teach them anything about being a full, good Human Being. We better kill that imagination as soon as possible, so they can't possibly dream of any different way of living.

The approved curriculum is Borrow, Buy, Repeat.

Hurry up, Johnny, you'll be late for the bus to take you to the Sam Walton University of Consumption. You'll miss your test in your How to Purchase Happiness class.

What did you learn is school today Suzie? That the Walt Disney Company has produced a great number of time-honored tales for children? You memorized all the Mickie Mouse products on the market for your demographic! You're getting so smart! Good thing you're not wasting time reading that feel-good classic literature!

JCLifer 8 months ago

I hear that the Microsoft curriculum is much better than the older version of the Yahoo curiculum. Of course when MacIntosh releases its Paper Tigre curriculum next year, all the others will be fighting to get to their level.

Sequoia 8 months ago

I mean, the only reason to learn or do anything is so you can put it on your resume, right? Anything that doesn't make you attractive to a human resources manager is a total waste of time, right? Forget taking a walk with your parents... better get back to your lesson on supply-side economics.

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