For tomorrow's jobs, today's students will need more than just a mastery of computers.
Some people believe a different approach to teaching is necessary.
Several areas of employment are predicted to grow over the next ten years. Many students did not go beyond the 8th grade and those who did were either expected to go to college or go straight into working in the mills. And you could graduate from high school with a high school diploma and get a job with a family-supporting wage. And though more kids are going to college today than ever before, Allen says the dropout rate is very high. We really don't have a good handle on exactly what there's going to be other than we need more creativity.