Assignment:
Select four of the eight educational trends discussed in Foundations of American Education to create a 15 to 20 slide PowerPoint presentation that includes slide notes of 200 to 250 words.
Use three to five resources to describe the trends in various elementary and secondary school settings.
Discuss how you think these trends will impact the future of American education and defend your rationale. Consider the following:
- An older and more diverse U.S. population.
- Increased choice and privatization of education.
- Changing role of government in education.
- High school reform.
- Increased reliance of technology in the classroom.
- Increased globalization.
- STEM Initiative
- Common Core/PARCC