Trends in Education and Culture

Trends in Education and Culture

Education and culture are two words that seem to be almost synonymous. As a practicing educator with over two decades of experience in a wide variety of educational environments, I truly believe that trends in education can influence trends in mainstream culture. I also believe that trends in mainstream culture can influence trends in education. Educational trends that include efforts to alter state-mandated curriculum standards seem to have taken center stage in mainstream culture during the last eighteen months. These trends have helped to…