The downsizing of the military has also heaped additional pressures on an already overworked system. Poverty programs operate within the educational system with notable programs such as Chapter I and Chapter II programs, Pell grants provide funding within the system for students or provide funding to pay into the system for tuition. Arguably, all elements of education are not included in the previous paragraphs. Within the next ten years technological advances will be monumental. It is also evident that technology has played an even lessor role in the restructuring of schools.
Schools are but one of the places and ways in which learning occurs.
Schools will change as technology changes the world in which they exist. It's even possible that schools won't exist as they do today, and that we may call that a cause for celebration. Under the command of effective instructors, the technological genie can lessen the isolation and unidimensionality of schools as we now know them. It can provide opportunities for access, dialogue and resources for learners of all ages from rural to urban America as well as global study groups. It can help to create a seamless, lifelong process of education, with public and private agencies working together to provide an array of learning opportunities and a multitude of learning options.