Comments on: Obama: Education is a national security issue http://www.educationfutures.com/2010/01/07/obama-education-is-national-security-issue/ Exploring a New Paradigm in human capital development, driven by accelerating change. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jean http://www.educationfutures.com/2010/01/07/obama-education-is-national-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-26260 Jean Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:24:30 +0000 http://www.educationfutures.com/?p=2026#comment-26260 Agreed on both fronts - education is a security issue and could we please get a more holistic sense of what education means. Yes, STEM is critical, but so is expression of ideas, ability to analyze, empathy and collaboration. I would add, too, that smart use of data to inform instruction, allocate resources and make the system more kid-centric wouldn't hurt, either. Jean Fleming Director of Marketing NWEA - Partnering to help all kids learn Sponsor of Forward 2010, a conference on innovation in education Agreed on both fronts – education is a security issue and could we please get a more holistic sense of what education means. Yes, STEM is critical, but so is expression of ideas, ability to analyze, empathy and collaboration. I would add, too, that smart use of data to inform instruction, allocate resources and make the system more kid-centric wouldn’t hurt, either.

Jean Fleming
Director of Marketing
NWEA – Partnering to help all kids learn
Sponsor of Forward 2010, a conference on innovation in education

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