Experts from all fields, including education, business, and government agree that we have moved
into the information age. As much as 97% of the world's knowledge will be accumulated over one
person's lifetime (Molitor, 1998). Against statistics like this, teaching students a host of facts "just
in case" they need them later on in life is a fruitless effort. The ability to find and use facts as they
are needed becomes the skill that will enable students to become lifelong learners. The roll of
education is no longer to provide educational opportunities through early adulthood, but to
provide the scaffolding necessary to support individuals and families from all walks of life,
throughout their entire lives. In order to prevent a further widening between the upper and lower
classes, it will become increasingly important for educational institutions to provide this support by
providing weeknight and weekend adult classes focused on emerging technologies.
Very soon we can look for interactive video technologies to allow parents to play a more active
role in their children's education (e.g. watching a class presentation via online video). Schools
that actively pursue such avenues will be in great demand. School days will grow to seven hours
in length to provide more instruction and to meet the needs of dual income families. As more
states pass school voucher initiatives, a greater dependency upon private education will result.
Schools will compete to hire teachers, raising teacher salaries. Dissatisfaction with public
education and national and statewide acceptance of school vouchers will cause the private and
home schooling markets to grow well into the next century.
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