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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Recently researchers announced the discovery of hidden detail in maps depicting potential sites for the Lost Colony, the first permanent settlement by Europeans in North America that mysteriously disappeared. Apparently the settlement may have moved inland while the leaders of the expedition returned to England for supplies.
The discovery of new information in
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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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There’s a lot of talk these days about 21st Century Skills. At nearly every confab on education, the latest just-released report is cited calling for an urgent rethinking of our education system to produce graduates who possess not just mastery of content, but also the skills considered highly prized for a rapidly restructuring economy. The mantra-like calls for graduates
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Six years ago, an opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream showed up in a vacancy for “Principal.” Little did I know that this ”Principalship” had powerful sails that captured the winds of change with a navigator named “NC New Schools Project” that charted a course for ALL students to succeed at college, career and life. The 5
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