Data about, quotes from, and analysis of the Post-Millennial generation, the first students to be taught with educational standards such as Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Recording of live presentation at Western Governors University at https://wgu.adobeconnect.com/po8di46f1ee8/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=7b18e16e2e7319f1521bc43873e82672c4b4ada676889ed88d0467c114f1680f

1. These Kids Today…
Data about the Post-Millennial Generation
Suzanne T. Metlay, Ph.D.
Secondary Education, Science
Western Governors University, Teachers College
WGU Earth Science Week
16 April 2018

2. Post-Millennials: Born 1997 or afterward
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/

3. Political views –
Paying attention to their elders but seeking a new path
37% of Millennials who voted went for Donald Trump.
Students who identify as Trump supporters
align with Trump policies vs. mainstream Republicans.
Bernie Sanders’ “Guide to Political Revolution”
stayed for weeks in August-September 2017 at
position 2 on the New York Times’ best-seller list for
Young Adult Hardcovers.
As Business Insider reported, “today's teens
tend to sway socially liberal and moderate, but
they're moderate to conservative financially.
‘They want a balanced budget, but they want
universal healthcare — things that other
generations have seen as opposing or a choice.
They see them as one or want both’.”
In a finding that tracks well with teen views of climate responsibility, Public Opinion Strategies polled
“79 percent of self-described conservatives support the expansion of clean energy policies, and
conservative voters are 36 percent more likely to vote for a candidate who also supports
expansion of clean energy”.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2017/10/bernie_sanders_guide_to_political_revolution
_reviewed.html
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/21/how-millennials-voted/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/education-climate-change-science-class-students.html
http://www.republicen.org/alerts/climate-week-en-review-january-19-2018
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-teens-think-about-trump-2017-7

4. Media Preferences
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/286879/millennials-and-teens-top-20-news-sources.html http://www.journalism.org/2016/07/07/pathways-to-news/
These kids are savvy & cynical
- They will fact-check you
- Prey to misinformation, especially
on the Web
- Culture remains an influence
- Do they agree with their older
siblings & parents?
- Or rebel against them?

5. How do teens process news & information?
- Does school play a key role?
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-do-teens-get-news-2016-6
Post-Millennials use their phones to:
- Do stupid stuff with Snapchat’s
latest photo filter
- Stay connected to:
- Each other
- Their communities
- National news
- Global issues
- Be current with trending hashtags
- Celebrity gossip
- World events
Are we teaching our teachers
to help students analyze news?
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/10
/the-purpose-of-education-according-to-
students/541602/

6. Science education
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/06/teens_like_science_not_science.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/10/the-purpose-of-education-according-to-students/541602/

7. Post-Millennials are
the first students
learning from
Common Core &
Next Generation
Science Standards
http://ngss.nsta.org/making-connections-common-core.aspx
Students value
and engage in
critical thinking

8. Politically aware & active -
March for Science 2018 Calendar
Weinberg, C. (2018). MFS' plans for 2018.
Personal communication, email dated 4 January 2018.

9. Post-Millennials are our end users
- We teach their teachers, so ultimately we teach them
Consider how the Post-Millennial generation may affect the way we:
- Teach at Western Governors University
- Volunteer in our home communities
- Interact with our younger family members
Questions?
http://hechingerreport.org/opinion-kids-show-that-they-were-engaged-citizens-long-before-the-parkland-shooting/

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http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/
Galston, W., and Hendrickson, C. (2016). How Millenials Voted This Election. Retrieved 22 January 2018 from the Brookings Institution website at https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/21/how-
millennials-voted/
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