What the Schools of the Future Need to Prepare Students for the World

    NEW YORK, NY, October 19, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Close It Summit brings together the best ideas from across the country to focus on new employment pathways based on skills and competencies. CMRubinWorld asked Parminder Jassal (CEO and Founder of the ACT Foundation), Aaron Skonnard (President/CEO of Pluralsight), Stan Lockhart (Member, Utah State Board of Education), Ryan Craig (Managing Director of University Ventures), Manoj Govindan (Technology Discovery and Business Development Executive at Wells Fargo) and Jamai Blivin (Founder/CEO of Innovate + Educate) to imagine the schools of the future and how those schools can help educate students to be prepared for the world.

How will the school of the future be more environmentally conscious and globally inclusive? How will technology be integrated into the curriculum and what will be left of traditional craft work and writing? Given technological advances, how much time will students be needed in school, and will we teach them specific "subjects" or will classes be more about integrated/hybrid learning?

Aaron Skonnard comments: "We are about to see a major shift in academic credentialing, which will upend the traditional ways that people prove their value. By combining curated content, skill assessments and instant access to online mentors, web-based learning platforms will become the global schools of our future."

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