In support of the conclusions and recommendations in the National Education Technology Plan (NETP), this article makes explicit the connections between the economic rationale used in the plan and the educational transformations it recommends. The article reviews macroeconomic research, microeconomic research, labor market and workforce studies, and studies showing patterns of the everyday information communication technology (ICT) use in American life to document the profound changes occurring in the American economy and society. It also reviews studies showing a gap between what is happening in American schools and the experiences and skills that our youth need to enter the information economy. The article concludes with an analysis of and an elaboration on the transformational recommendations made in the NETP, based on these reviews.
References
1.
AltmanR.GreenstoneM.RubinR.CannonS. (2010) From Recession to Recovery to Renewal: An economic strategy to achieve broadly shared growth. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
ApteU.KarmarkarU.NathH. (2008) Information Services in the US Economy: Value, jobs, and management implications, California Management Review, 50(3), 12–30.
4.
ArvanitisS. (2005) Computerization, Workplace Organization, Skilled Labour and Firm Productivity: Evidence for the Swiss business sector, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 14(4), 225–249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1043859042000226257
5.
AskenazyP.CaroliE.MarcusV. (2002) New Organizational Practices and Working Conditions: Evidence from France in the 1990s, CEPREMAP Working Papers, No. 0106. http://www.cepremap.cnrs.fr/couv_orange/co0106.pdf
AutorD.LevyF.MurnaneR. (2003) The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An empirical exploration, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1279–1334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/003355303322552801
9.
BarroR. (2001) Education and Economic Growth, in HelliwellJ. (Ed.) The Contribution of Human and Social Capital to Sustained Economic Growth and Well-Being. Quebec: OECD/Human Resources Development Canada.
10.
BartonP. (2005) One Third of a Nation: Rising dropout rates and declining opportunities. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service (ETS).
BirdsallN.RossD.SabotR. (1995) Inequality and Growth Reconsidered: Lessons from East Asia, World Bank Economic Review, 9(3), 477–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wber/9.3.477
CoyP. (2009) Help Wanted, Business Week, 11 May, pp. 40–46.
19.
CrespiF.PiantaM. (2008) Demand and Innovation in Productivity Growth, International Review of Applied Economics, 22(6), 655–672. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02692170802407429
20.
Darling-HammondL. (2010) The Flat World and Education: How America's commitment to equity will determine our future. New York: Teachers College Press.
21.
DickersonA.GreenF. (2004) The Growth and Valuation of Generic Skills, Oxford Economic Papers, 56, 71–406.
FreemanC.LoucaF. (2001) As Time Goes By: From the industrial revolutions to the information revolution. New York: Oxford University Press.
25.
GeraS.GuW. (2004) The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information Technology on Firm Performance, International Performance Monitor, 9, 37–51.
26.
GoldinC. (2006) Education, in CarterS.GartnerS.HainesM. (Eds) Historical Statistics of the United States, pp. 2-387–2-397. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
27.
HanushekE.WoessmannL. (2009) Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes and Causation, NBLR Working Paper No. 14633. Washington, DC: National Bureau of Labor Relations.
Institute of Education Science (IES) (2010) Mathematics 2009: National assessment of educational progress in grades 4 and 8. Washington, DC: Department of Education.
30.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) (2007) National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Students. Eugene, OR: ISTE.
KarmarkarU.ApteU. (2007) Operations Management in the Information Economy: Information products, processes, and chains, Journal of Operations Management, 25, 438–453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2006.11.001
LeiponenA. (2005) Organization of Knowledge and Innovation: The case of Finnish business services, Industry and Innovation, 12(2), 185–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13662710500087925
MaurinE.ThesmarD. (2004) Changes in the Functional Structure of Firms and the Demand for Skill, Journal of Labor Economics, 22(3), 639–644. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/383110
National Center for Educational Statistics (2006) Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994–2005. Washington, DC: National Center for Educational Statistics.
45.
National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) (2010) Teachers' Use of Educational Technology in US Public Schools: 2009. Washington, DC: US Department of Education.
NonakaI.TakeuchiH. (1995) The Knowledge Creating Company: How Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation. New York: Oxford University Press.
48.
Office of Educational Technology (2010) Transforming American Education: Learning powered by technology. Draft educational technology plan, 2010. Washington, DC: Department of Education.
49.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2003) Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow: Further results from PISA 2000. Paris: OECD.
50.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2007) PISA 2006: Science competencies for tomorrow's world. Vol. 1: Analysis. Paris: OECD.
51.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2009) Education at a Glance. Paris: OECD.
52.
Partnership for the 21st Century (2005) A Report on the Landscape of 21st Century Assessment. Washington, DC: Partnership for the 21st Century.
53.
PerezC. (2002) Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The dynamics of bubbles and golden ages. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
54.
PilatD. (2004) The Economic Impact of ICT: A European perspective. Paper presented at a conference on IT Innovation, Tokyo.
SnyderT. (1993) 120 Years of American Education: A statistical portrait. Washington, DC: US Department of Education.
60.
StevensP.WealeM. (2003) Education and Economic Growth. London: National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
61.
StirohK.J. (2003) Growth and Innovation in the New Economy, in JonesD. (Ed.) New Economy Handbook, pp. 723–751. San Diego and London: Elsevier/Academic Press.
62.
TapscottD.WilliamsA. (2008) Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Penguin.
63.
TrillingB.FadelC. (2009) 21st Century Skills: Learning for life in our times. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
64.
TyackD.CubanL. (1995) Tinkering toward Utopia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
65.
WarschauerM.MartuchniakT. (2010) New Technology and Digital Worlds: Analyzing evidence of equity in access, use, and outcomes, Review of Research in Education, 34, 179–225. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0091732X09349791
66.
WenglinskyH. (2005) Using Technology Wisely: The keys to success in schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
67.
ZaglerM.ZanzotteraC. (in press) Do We Need Top PISA Scores for Innovation and Growth? In BaumeiterH.-P.KramerM.SeiterS. (Eds) Knowledge Economy: A multilayer challenge for European regions. Marburg, Germany: Metropolis-Verlag.
68.
ZohgiC.MohrR.MeyerP. (2007) Workplace Organization and Innovation, Working Paper 405. Washington, DC: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
