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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...