Some things are just common sense, and having common academic standards for all states is one of those things.
In a national milestone event, 45 states and the District of Columbia recently coalesced around a common set of standards for math and English/language arts. The process did not happen overnight, and there were many detours and roadblocks along the way.
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This blog post, written by Caldwell County native Nation Hahn, first appeared on the Pathways to Opportunity RTP Tour blog.
As we wrap up the first leg of the Pathways to Opportunity tour, we realize that each place we’ve visited told us the same thing: in difficult times, our communities band together
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Much has been written in the past year about the education system in Finland. Finnish students have scored among the top in the world in international math, science and reading tests over the last decade, so American education experts debate ways to translate that kind of success to our own schools. As part of a U.S. delegation organized by
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Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T North Carolina, raised a couple of eyebrows recently when she said that “What we’re talking about in this world of education is Homeland Security.”
You almost never hear homeland security and education in the same sentence. It is unsettling because it does not fit our traditional
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The poor performance of U.S. students on international measures of science and math has been bemoaned by everyone from the president to concerned parents. The first Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) results were released in 1995 and the first Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test results in 2000. The education reforms that they helped to
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