If common core standards are igniting education, both the students and the taxpayers are going to get burned.
Vacation Notice: 4/17-4/22/2014 5/8-5/12/2014 8/18-9/1/2014 Tom Puddicombe Principal Systems Engineer Mainframe Performance & Capacity Planning CSC 31 Brookdale Rd, Meriden, CT 06450 ITIS | (860) 428-3252 | [email protected] | www.csc.com This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. From: John Weber <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 04/22/2014 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Sorry state of IT education? Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> This is why common core standards are igniting education. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 5:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sorry state of IT education? Not just IT. The entire education system from k-12 through bachelor's degree... Al Staller | Z Systems Programmer | KBM Group | (Tel) 972 664-3565 | [email protected] <snip> Not too surprising to me. I imagine this is the norm for today because a well educated, intelligent, worker costs a lot more than a preprogrammed drone. http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innovation/the-sorry-state-of-it-education/d/d-id/1204552 <quote> Our profession is rife with people capable of performing procedures they've been taught, but incapable of thinking through a problem. Here's what we need to do. </quote> </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
