The main goal of the National Educational Technology Plan is to “urge our education system at all levels to: be clear about the outcomes we seek; collaborate to redesign structures and processes for effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility; continually monitor and measure our performance; and to hold ourselves accountable for progress and results every step of the way.” In order to accomplish these goals the only sensible and efficient way is to incorporate technology into our educators and our students. There are five goals for states, districts, the federal government, and other stakeholders in the areas of learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. Each goals also provides recommended actions in order to achieve these goals. One of my concerns with the NETP is that one of it’s clear goals is to raise the number of college graduates to 60%. While I do support that we should be encouraging our students to attend college I do not feel that our education system should be depending on colleges to prepare students for the workforce. After working in a low income school many of my students have gotten the impression from school leaders and new educational goals that if they do not graduate from college they are a failure. I feel that we should be equipping students with the knowledge to go in two directions: the work force or to college. From an economic standpoint many students cannot afford college and some simply do not desire it. In order for our country to survive we need to teach students that they need to achieve to their highest level, and if the work force is where they need to be then that is success in my eyes.
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