Thursday, February 15, 2007

Baby Boomers and Generation X

Now that we have a few days off (snow and holiday), it’s time to do a little blogging. I’ve also done a little television watching. (I hardly ever watch television. In fact, the only reason why I think I have TV is because it also provides me with the fastest internet service around here.) Anyway, yesterday I was passing through the channels and came upon one of those financial channels. (I didn’t even make a note of which one.) There was a very interesting story about the retirement of baby boomers and how generation Xers are going to be replacing them. In addition to making light of the fact that there are more boomers retiring than there are Xers available to take their jobs, the story focused on how Xers have a different mind-set, particularly their view toward and uses of technology, from boomers.

This got me thinking: A large part of education is stuck in a boomer world—because our present school leaders are boomers. How will this change when they retire and are replaced by Xers (or even Yers)? I know I am painting with a broad brush here, but seriously, if Xers and Yers have a different paradigm about the world (and education, technology, etc.), won’t they bring that to leadership roles in the near future? For a moment, I was getting excited by the thought of some more progressive thinking entering school leadership. Is my logic correct?  question 

Posted by Randy on 02/15 at 04:43 PM
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