Synopsis
Our nation's young people are being poorly prepared for success in tomorrow's workforce. Thousands of programs, policies, and initiatives have failed to generate a scaleable and sustainable way forward. No one reason stands out. No group or institution can be blamed. Every citizen has a share of the responsibility. Success requires the intentional integration of diverse stakeholders who have different motivations, languages, and expectations. Simultaneously, they must share a common vision, common values, and a systems approach for realizing the development of our future citizens.
About the Author
Spurred by a program on how to improve your baby's intelligence course in 1978, Elane V. Scott has devoted her life to helping parents understand the key concepts and principles associated with accelerated brain growth and human development. With this understanding, parents are then able to ensure their children will be capable adults who are ready to be responsible citizens, able to be economically self-sufficient, and ready to respond to any issue in a way that would allow them to be successful. Elane's undergraduate education in journalism, marriage to a high school teacher/guidance counselor, and the raising of two successful daughters, has complemented and supported her efforts. In 1998 she met Rick Stephens who, at the time, was leading the Human Space Flight business of Boeing with operations in Southern California, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. They began what has turned out to be a rich and engaging partnership in the sharing of knowledge and insights into the development of key understandings and approaches to helping parents, government, education, business, media, healthcare and other community leaders understand the history of education in America, the challenges that are faced, and how to help parents learn to create environments where parents develop capable people. Challenged in 1998 with a set of workforce demographics that would result in a significant loss of talent in the near future, and seeing that fewer students were pursuing technical studies and degrees, Rick Stephens undertook a journey to understand the history, key issues, opportunities and approaches that might help ensure availability of talent necessary to sustain and grow the aerospace business he was responsible for. He met Elane when she was volunteering at Boeing's science and math educational outreach program, in which her youngest daughter was participating. She challenged him then, despite the business hosting several educational outreach programs, one of which had recently graduated over 1,000 participants, saying You can do more!! Flabbergasted by the statement, he pressed her to help him understand the broader issues associated with the educational system, why it wasn't producing enough students that businesses are expected to need, and what he could do about it. As the leader of a business that required large scale systems integration, and with strong knowledge of processes aimed at bringing about organizational change, Rick and Elane began a journey that has enabled them to integrate their knowledge, thinking, insights and processes on the most pressing issue that faces our society today: ensuring that parents, business leaders, educators, government, media, healthcare, and community organization leaders learn what each of the other groups knows and how to work together to create the workforce of the future.
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