The Great Generational Divide and A Path Forward. Together.

For ages, generational differences have been the root cause of many raging debates in America. In the same spirit of parental-child conflicts, these cultural clashes of the generations tend to be an indication of changing values that are foundational for each group. Currently, there are four generations present in the workforce, Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1980), Millennials (1981-1996), and Generation Z (1997-2012). The rise of Generation Z into the workforce brought some changing values that are challenging older generations to understand and manage on the job, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic.     Source: Wikimedia Commons User: Cmglee In the hallways of our schools, we are seeing this generational conflict start to crystalize. On the surface level, it appears that the issue can be summed up as a disagreement on the definition of work ethic. But further investigation and conversations with teachers and administrators in the field, may be inviting a more nuanced question: Does the “hard work” ethos of older generations, in fact, translate to greater success in classrooms? The Hard Working Generation One of the foremost complaints heard from educational leaders in older generations of educators about younger generations of teachers is the fact that...