ABSTRACT
The future prosperity of countries around the world depends on how their education systems can be designed to foster economic development. If the United States is going to compete successfully in a global economy, it will have to rethink many of its assumptions about education. The recent explosion of social networking points to how technologies can replicate the support and guidance functions of schools. Current school system does not help students develop intrinsic motivation to learn. Technologies also point to a path toward fostering a love of learning through design and production. There are two areas in which the new technological resources clearly impact what is important to learn: communication and mathematics. In the future, educational leadership will require more than just reforming schools. According to a recent survey from the Education Trust, America is the only industrialized country in which today's young people are less likely than their parents to earn a high school diploma.
