To make sure kids don’t get left behind, parents will rely on technology to supplement a failing educational system. The only problem is, parents know less about technology than their offspring. So they will be forced to turn to consultants.
Predictor: Cornish, Edward
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Home Office Computing, Carol Leonetti Dannhauser reports on the top employment/business ideas for the year 2000. She interviews a panel of experts, including Edward Cornish, president of The World Future Society, a trend-tracking firm in Bethesda, Md. Dannhauser writes about the expected need for educational consultants: ”If society is disillusioned with the public school system now, just wait five years, says Edward Cornish. To make sure kids don’t get left behind, parents will rely on technology to supplement a failing educational system. The only problem is, parents know less about technology than their offspring. So they will be forced to turn to consultants.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Shopping
Name of publication: Home Office Computing
Title, headline, chapter name: Best Businesses For the Year 2000: Which 35 Opportunities Will Be Hard to Beat – and Which Will Be Obsolete
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=4cec6d3d4651d4c4adc3992cc94c5f0e&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=9d2e27b03e11989b192aad70c299c7b8
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney