Industrial production is falling. The property market is in freefall. And the government can’t borrow to restructure it’s industrial model, nor to rebuild it’s crumbling infrastructure.
The industrial model of education seems worth dismantling; but in the push to increase creativity and individual expression, Silicon Valley has replaced Detroit as the reference point for the workplace we are preparing students for: “move fast and break things,” “hustle and grind,” emphases on hyper-success, hyper-creativity, and hyper-performance. Neither model will suffice if we want to change the world for the better.
Governor Mark Gordon’s Reimagining and Innovating the delivery of education advisory board is seeking input from the public via a survey and public meetings. RIDE, as the group is also known as, was formed last year to determine what Wyomingites want from public education. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska chats with RIDE Chair John Masters about how the group is looking to take into account public concerns.
COVID has spurred the Kingdom to further catalyse action to improve its digital readiness and resilience to future crises, and create opportunities for Cambodians and local communities to seize the advantages of digitalisation, pundits said at a seminar on December 7.