What does education look like 10 years from now?

4/20 - I attended a local leadership breakfast by EPIC, of which the keynote speaker was Duval County School Board Member Brenda Priestly-Jackson. Attorney Priestly-Jackson spoke about the challenges with developing 21st century global leadership and how her new book uniquely addresses a many of those issues in a very unique way.

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"What does an education look like 2 years from now, what does it look like 7 years from now, 17 years, 34 years? We have to address this issue from a global perspective to properly educate evolving young people and the relationships they develop" says Brenda Priestly-Jackson.

She made several references from the cultural critique of Bill Hoots. There is a disconnect between in education, and 360 learning that separates the bodies, mind and soul of today's youth.

I was fortunate to have sat beside Mr. Dwayne Thomas, a critical thinking educator at Paxon Middle School who was very forthright about his intent to help close the disparity gap of black male educators in local urban public schools. He asked Mrs.Priestly- Jackson if the Strategic Plan of the DCPS addressed this issue.

I went on to share with Dwayne that ownership is critical to sustainable development of human capital and quality program implementation. "We have to institutionalize the top programs / curricula that yield Results and those that have the highest level of participation and commitment from parents, the community and local schools."

Jermyn Shannon

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