REDEFINING EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

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REDEFINING EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

By Debbie K. Niwa

February 21, 2006
NewsWithViews.com

Global education reforms lurk behind the changes being foisted on U.S. schools: redesigning American high schools, promoting universal preschool, expanding technology, increasing data collections, linking secondary and higher education, and more. But where will these lead? In revisiting the old ideas behind reforms, we would be wise to ask, “Do we want the kind of life these changes will bring?”

Lifetime monitoring

Imagine all facets of your life — school, work, health, leisure, and spiritual — monitored and assessed from birth-to-death through one comprehensive “system.” Under the banner of “lifelong education,” such a system is evolving.