Posts Tagged ‘Tomorrow’s workforce’
We Need More Innovators – I Know Where To Find Them
Not only is the innovation/start-up/incubator world a significant sector of the global and many local economies, as the source of new business, it is also the best indicator to show us what our future will look like. Unfortunately for all of us, growth in this sector has been slowing. As an educator, I am concerned with preparing…
Read MoreJoin my Team! Let’s DISRUPT Education and (Un)Employment!
Want to SOLVE the IMPENDING #UnemploymentCrisis? Want to #DisruptEducation? JOIN MY START-UP TEAM! For the past 9 months I have been building an experiment – a global virtual classroom to prove 2 things: That it is not only viable to teach students #EmployabilitySkills, they are begging for a new way to learn these skills that…
Read MoreStop Saying Education is the Solution to Poverty
I have spent my career in the field of education, spanning the United States and several parts of the world. So often, I have heard leaders, “experts” and institutions make the claim that “education is the key to ending poverty.” This is only part of the answer and it will not work alone. There are…
Read More10 Steps: LEAP That Transition Gap From Student to Adult
Here are 10 things all students MUST do in order to be prepared to make the leap from school to life in the real world. The world is more connected than ever. The entire landscape of employment and college acceptance is such that young people are competing for jobs and college acceptance in an ecosystem…
Read MoreFive Key Post-Secondary Preparations
Bridging The Greatest Opportunity Divide The heart of Amy Carrier’s model and mission. This work is copyrighted 2012-2016 © Perhaps the greatest opportunity divide that exists for all American K-12 public school students is the unsupported transition between high school and adulthood. Students are ill-prepared and sent into the world without adequate knowledge, skills, and…
Read MoreThe Implications of Workplace Racism, Sexism and Pay Inequity: Our Kids Lose
The Gender Pay Gap. MoveOn.org posted this image with the hashtag #EqualPayDay. Lots of people are talking about it. It’s a deeper wound that it seems. Read on. I developed my curriculum 10 years ago to teach high school students how to navigate the world of work, build careers and follow their passion. I included…
Read MoreThe Fallacy of Career Pathways in Education
Your Career Path Wasn’t Mapped Out Ahead of Time. Our Kids’ Won’t Be Either. But We CAN Prepare Them. Imagine being handed a plan, a prescription of steps to take if you will, at the age of 16 or 17 that will get you to age 30, or 45, or 65. It’s laughable, and kind of depressing to…
Read MoreThe Case for Innovation in School Systems NOW
Our current education system has changed little since the industrial revolution in America. The system as it exists was designed to meet the needs of a society that existed over 100 years ago. Designed by business leaders to meet the needs of the new booming factory town times in America, schools were built to meet the…
Read MoreSheila Harrity and Maura Banta join Amy Carrier for 10/23 INSPIRE 2014 Conference “Differentiation for Real Life” Keynote
On October 23, 2014 in Norwood, MA I will be giving the mid-day keynote at the INSPIRE 2014 education conference. My talk is entitled “Differentiation for Real Life“ – it’s about the kind of differentiation that must happen for our students to figure out who they are and where they want to go in life. No…
Read MoreTeach ‘Em How to Hustle: 11 Ways Your Teen Can Become An Entrepreneur This Summer
Teen Unemployment = Opportunity [Be sure to see the bonus 12th item on the list at the bottom of the page! Share the list with a teen and invite him or her to participate!] It is a major concern for parents, communities, local businesses, schools and urban areas alike. The Brookings Institute issued a report on…
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