Thinking Forward: Thinking Forward: Preparing Our Students for the FuturePreparing Our Students for the Future

December 15-16, 2008December 15-16, 2008

Thinking Forward: Thinking Forward: Preparing Our Students for the FuturePreparing Our Students for the Future

Session IIIAre We There Yet? The Road Ahead for North Carolina

Presentation by Joe Freddoso, MCNCDecember 15, 2008

Session III: Are we there yet?

Hunt Institute

North Carolina Legislators Retreat

December 15, 2008

Today’s Session III Agenda

• The Current US and NC Economy • Fundamental transitions

– North Carolina’s position

• Impact for Education In North Carolina– State Board goals/status– Planning Taxonomy– Potential Framework– Tactics

US Economy – Dire Straits

North Carolina not immune

• Unemployment-tracking national trend

• Poverty Rate-9% above national average

• Per Capita Income-85% national average

• State Budget- $330M below as of 10/08– Below trend for 85% of budget (withholding/sales)

• State Health Plan, Higher Ed enrollment

• Housing – Contra to national

• Gas prices – lower collections

Underlying Transitions

StuffSelfSmall Geography

StuffMore StuffLarger ReachMass ProduceInfrastructure 54% Goods

StuffMore StuffGlobalDistributedCheap Labor ProductivityDivision of work63% Information

StuffGlobalInformation Less useful lifeCollaboration Competition Innovation Faster and Faster70% peer to peer

Pace of innovation and adoption The rate of technical progress itself is accelerating, so expect to see 20,000 years of progress in the 21st century, about 100 times greater than the 20th century.

Innovation Cycle

Research

Solar Field Research

Commoditization

Adoption by power companies Deployment

Other places after test

Test

Nevada and CA Desert

100 mile by 100 mile field

Source: Ivan Moura Campos

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So what does this mean for students?

Students

• Need T people

•What we do•Caught in the industrial age•Mass Produce for the most part•Standardized Test•Some innovation, still 80% in a 60 year old model •Fundamental redo needed•Technology is not a panacea for this but its one building block

A word about connectivity

Previously Connected to NCREN -2

Connected via Intermediary -6

Fully Integrated per terms of SOW -78

Backbone Connections Completed, LAN integration required -14

Circuits Ordered, confirmed due dates -11

Circuits Ordered, awaiting due dates -3

Project Dialogue Occurring -1

City or Combined City/County LEAs

Durham

AlamanceAlexander

Alleghany

Anson

Ashe

Avery

Beaufort

Bertie

Bladen

Brunswick

Buncombe

Burke

Cabarrus

Caldwell

Carteret

Caswell

Catawba Chatham

CherokeeClay

Cleveland

Columbus

Craven

Cumberland

DareDavidson

Davie

Duplin

Edgecombe

ForsythFranklin

Gaston

Gates

Graham

Granville

Greene

GuilfordHalifax

Harnett

Haywood

Henderson

Hertford

Hoke

Hyde

Iredell

Jackson

Johnston

Jones

Lee

Lenoir

Lincoln

McDowell

Macon

Madison Martin

Mecklenburg

Mitchell

MontgomeryMoore

Nash

New Hanover

Northampton

Onslow

Orange

Pamlico

Pender

Person

Pitt

Randolph

Richmond

Robeson

Rockingham

Rowan

Rutherford

Sampson

Scotland

Stanly

StokesSurry

Swain

Transylvania

Tyrrell

Union

Vance

Wake

Warren

Washington

Watauga

Wayne

Wilkes

Wilson

Yadkin

Yancey

Ed

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Chow

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Perquima

ns

Elizabeth City/Pasquotank

Currituck

Camden

AshevilAshevillele

Whiteville

Newton-Conover

Hickory

Asheboro

Clinton

Mt. Airy

Elkin

Thomasville

Lexington

Kannapolis

Mooresville

Iredell-Statesville

RoanokeRapids Weldon

Chapel HillCarrboro

Polk

Collaborative Services

Core Services provide the infrastructure for storing and retrieving multimedia educational content across multiple institutions in an integrated way• Learning Object Repository•Federated ID Management• Learning Management Systems

Collaborative Service Working Group• Very active part of MCNC advisory structure• New Co-Chairs

• Peter Asmar (DPI) • John Leydon (UNCGA)• Saundra Williams (NC CCS)

Applications allow for the generation, dissemination and creative use of content in a secure, collaborative fashion• Classroom Capture, various kinds of archiving• Podcasting, streaming, iTunes U, etc.

Vision, but are we progressing?SBOE Goal Aligned Not Aligned

Globally Competitive Students

•Connectivity•Assessment review •Virtual •Study and Research

•80% still in old model •Drop Out Rate•NAEP Math (less than 50% proficient)•Culture

21st century professionals •Innovation at the edge•Study and research

•Not aligned or required•No translation into practice

Students healthy and responsible

•Drug/Alcohol use down•More emphasis

•Higher poverty rates •Double digit growth obesity

Leadership guide innovation

•State Board•NC Virtual •Study and Research•NSP/Learn and Earn

•DPI hard to do basics•Not aligned higher ed

21st century systems •WISE now works •Alignment of systems•Digital portfolio

Key Impeding Factors• Lack of clear leadership and accountability

• Education Cabinet role

• Lack of planning taxonomy

• Vision not articulated or supported across K20

• Specifics not clear to business

• Few links to community and economic vitality

• Sense of urgency lacking

• Still bound by silos and scarcity

• Culture is not yet the collaboration model

• Risk not rewarded, innovation muted

• Too much noise with no coordination

Translating the Vision

COMMUNICA TE

&

INVOLVE

CHANGE

MANAGEMENT

Some suggestions on tactics• Tangible goals related to 21st Century endorsed by leaders

(potential areas)- Drop out- Post Secondary Enrollment- STEM majors in higher ed- Teachers on subject- Virtual inclusion- Standards aligned

• Clear accountability for each goal • Business and economic development tie for each goal-

involve them in planning• Involve local districts in goal setting • University of North Carolina Tomorrow model?

So how do we get there?

Globally Competitive Students Leadership drives innovation

21st Century Students Healthy and Responsible Students

21st Century Systems

Globally Competitive Students Leadership drives innovation

21st Century Students Healthy and Responsible Students

21st Century Systems

Who is accountable across K20?How do we involve K20?

How do we involve the broader community?

Education Cabinet Role-Vision across K20