A world of video has created a visually oriented generation. The tools of the media, used by toy companies, movies, and TV, hold children's interest. They are motivational. Education can use those tools to expand instructional strategies. Motivation, or the lack of, is a major factor in academic failure.
Students give up on school and find more interesting ways to spend their time.
This cannot happen if we do not explore those possibilities. Public education is at a critical point. As a society we are on the threshold of tremendous change. Rather than stay with the same school system, advocates say parents will more likely find a school that meets their child's individual need in the new era of school choice. Public education was established with a traditional democratic notion that a common experience was important.