“When competing in a global economy, educating our next generation
is the capital creation of the information economy.”
-Jim Whitehurst, CEO, Red Hat
Wow! You can often judge a meeting or event by the energy you have when you leave it, and last week I left the New Carolina New School Project’s (NCNSP) Vision 2015 Technology Forum excited ...
Many things have changed in the innovative classroom, but one thing that has held fast for years is the textbook. Its use among teachers varies from mere resource to cornerstone of foundation yet it has remained ever-present.
Then last month Apple announced that it, along with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson, would reinvent the ...
Jobs requiring a STEM background are driving the economy — in North Carolina and across the nation. STEM job growth has been three times greater than that of non-STEM jobs over the last 10 years. And throughout the next decade, STEM occupations are projected to grow by 17 percent, compared to a 9.8-percent growth rate for other occupations.
Eight million ...
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 ...