It’s easy to tell yourself, “I am just one small person – I don’t have a million bucks to do a campaign contribution, I don’t have any political connections – what chance is there for me to bring attention to an issue that’s important to me.”
Here is something that happened to me many years ago that you might learn from (and I should always remember). Continue reading
The goal of Running Start for Careers is to give students direct entry into industry-developed and industry-taught programs in career development areas during their 11th and 12th grade years.
Running Start will allow electives to be utilized so that students who participate in approved programs will be able to graduate with the rest of their classmates. Continue reading
Click What is school for? to go to the video
An engaging discussion of what the future of education wants to be
… and how
… and why.
TEDxNevada: Age 13 Hacking Education
Published on Feb 12, 2013 – 11 minute video
When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy.
He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal.
Enjoy.
President Ronald Reagan’s Education Department issued the report “A Nation at Risk” 30 years ago.
This article describes what has, and hasn’t, happened since 1983, and provides interesting historical contexts for conversations about education today.
I’m linking to it rather than copying it to honor Philip Elliott’s AP copyright.
Hope you enjoy it.