The college and career ready movement?

Many people often wonder what happened to the "American" jobs.  Jobs that traditionally boosted well for the USA have gone and left in large numbers.  Many Americans were unprepared and had no clue of economic impact it would have on our country.  However, the shift now is in technology.

Recently, the tech giant google , has announced it wants to pledge $1 billion dollars to tech education.  This pledge could have tremendous implication for education and many American jobs.  With out a doubt it will certainty influence on many levels. Students will be asked to do more things that are technology savvy.  You can expect it to be a trickle down affect as most of the money will go to companies that can offer scholarships to pupils interested in going into technology fields.  Moreover, because more employers are looking for technology advanced students you can expect changes to come into k-12 education to prepare students to be ready for these employers.

Further, this may create more job opportunities as a by product.  However, Americans that are still struggling to find solid employment will need to retool themselves with technology.  Surely not everyone will and become teachers; however, they should look for the different aspects in technology that they may able to learn.   For example, I am sure some aspect of hardware and wiring will be needed.  Software development is huge and people will need to get a good grasp of coding.  Additionally, the development of applications and ideas are also big in the tech world.

The investment by google is a huge one but it comes with many different strings.  Those strings should begin to create a shift in the educational setting as our focus is now to get students college and career ready.