Preparing students for the 21st century global economy

→ October 6, 2010: A Study by McKinsey & Company

(#1Management Consulting Firm in U.S. - Vault.com)

"TheEconomic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools"

concludedthat the growing gaps in educational achievement between

theUSA(graduates) and the industrialized nations, "impose the

economicequivalentof a permanent recession -- one substantially

largerthan thedeep recession thecountry is currently experiencing."

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The Colossal Failure of U.S. K-16 Schooling

is America's #1 Problem.

A 2013 International Report has U.S. Universities collectively ranked #14. Thatjudgment is a bit harsh. Of America's 3,600+ BA-BS, MS, PhD colleges anduniversities, the U.S. Top 600 can hold their own in any international comparison.The problem is -- some states, like Florida, may not have any oftheir Higher-Ed schools ranked in the U.S.Top 600. Thesestates will have "untrainable" workforces and Third-World local economies in the 21st Century. As Florida does now!

Is Your U.S University or College in the Top 600? (PDF; 2 pages)

The Stairway to Global

Competitive Competency

12-Step Tech Ladder

Schools are responsible for the effectiveness of the

workforce and the school's community is responsible

for the performance of their schools.

"U.S. Schooling is like a soufflé -- Looks good on the

outside but is full of hot air." (JMC)

"Cura Communis"

U.S. Schooling needs to become part of the solution...

In 2000, the American workforce shifted from

traditional "direct" labor skills to 21st Century "indirect"

labor skills -- "Tech-sTem" is now between "producers"

and their products/services.

• U.S.schooling must become a part of the "solution" by

recognizing, respecting, and initiating the perspectives

and practices of the only globally competitive industry

in the USA today -- sTem-driven "hi-tech" from Silicon

Valley, California. Hi-tech and Cal Ag are the only

Industries which have developed and are systematically

applying strategies based on Scientific Principles (a.k.a.,

Tech-sTem) to their products and services.

• ApplyingsTem-driven to America's K-16 schooling

is relatively simple and extremely cost effective. U.S.

"educators" need to add three new concepts to

their perspectives and practices:

1) THEMEs (not Disciplines, academic or physical).

2) Collaborate, corroborate, coordinate (not indoctrinate).

3) Tech-sTem Aptitude Testing (Grades 11-12).

• ScholasticEngineering LLC offers the "Why?",

"What?" and "How-to?" build "schooling" that can

restore "Made in America" to its proper place --

reflecting America's Promise -- "Securing the

Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."

Replacing America's Failing Schools with -- What?

The Cogent Question for improving U.S.

Schooling is -- What is it you want students and

graduates to be able to do? (PDF; 1 Page)

Improving student progress and achievement in

U.S. Schools requires --

1)Replacing today's "Pedagogical Processes" with

science-based Learning Tools, Skills and Procedures

that are supported by Nobel Prize and National

Science Awards in Physiology and Medicine =

a.k.a., sTem-based schooling.

2)Replacing school "administration" with school

"management". Specifically, the implementation

of Enterprise Workflow Management that built
America by "managing to get things done".

3)Replacing Educational Pedagogy with "Scholastic

Engineering" that can convert Discipline-driven

schooling into sTem-driven schooling.

4)Adding sTem-driven schooling can reduce the

cost of K-12 schooling by up to 40%, allowing for

expanding services without increasing a school

district's bottom line.

All students can benefit from sTem-driven schooling and begin to move toward productive employment in the 21st Century's Tech-sTem driven global economy. However, only 40% of the U.S. workforce will need to be tech-trainable. To be or not to be -- tech-trainable -- is a physiology question (a.k.a., Aptitude). An individual's APTITUDE for tech-trainability is based on their Cerebral Cortex's left vs. right brain-balance (The Human CPU).

Studentscan help themselves. Schools don't become tech-trainable -- students do. Early participants will get the best jobs. There is now a sTem-based test available for identifying brain-balance as it dictates each individual's aptitude for productive participation in Tech-sTem-driven industries. The jobs are there now. However, don't waste your time if "tech" is not your game.

Introduction to Aptitude Testing --

Tech-trainable Aptitude Testing and
sTemPrep Schooling (PDF; 2 pages)

New!

Initiating and implementing "Schooling for

All Students" in a sTemPrep K-12 Cluster

(PDF;3 pages)

Themost efficient and effective way to fix America's K-16

failing schools is -- one sTemPrep K-12 Cluster at a time.

A sTemPrep K-12 Cluster is comprised of one senior high

school and all of the feeder schools in the senior high

school's attendance area.

Thereare no special schools or special schooling programs

in a sTemPrep K-12 Cluster. sTem-driven schooling

accommodates each individual student's Learn/Think/Can-Do

differences.

sTem-drivenschooling that will produce tech-trainable

graduates has very different "Processes" than what is going

on in America's K-16 schools today, while using the same

Discipline-based classroom presentations.

The "Roots" of sTem-driven schooling

A 21st Century,

sTemPrep K-12 Cluster's

Scholastic Mission

PDF (1 Page)

All 4th, 8th and 12th grade

students can learn to read at

NAEP Level 4 proficiency

PDF (2 Pages)

sTemPrep = Competent

Preparation for Tech-sTem-Driven

21st Century Marketplace
PDF (1 Page)

P.S. We can Stop the Shooting! A "cure"

is available and affordable (PDF; 1 page)

Restoring America's Promise

"...securethe Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" (children) → OUR PURPOSE

Scholastic Engineering, LLC, Presents --

Schooling For All Students

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