This document summarizes key trends affecting education and argues schools must change to prepare students. It notes increased diversity, technology use, and globalization, and an aging population. Technology is changing society rapidly. Creativity and skills like collaboration are increasingly important. While schools focus on the industrial age, students learn skills outside of school needed in today's world. Schools risk becoming irrelevant if they do not change faster than the rate of change outside. Leadership is needed for anticipatory, future-oriented change in schools.

1. Preparing students for the new millennium Dr. Scott McLeod TIES Coordinator Conference 2007

3. The Times They Are A-Changin’

11. The Rise of the Creative Class

16. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

18. The Not-So-Hidden Revolution

25. Jump Start 2nd Grade

26. Millie’s Math House

27. Kid Phonics 2

28. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

29. Stranglehold

30. Star Heritage: Ship of Ages

32. Avoiding Irrelevance

40. What schools can’t do