Teach for URBAN America

By Dr. Calvin Mackie As we enter the twenty first century,   the challenge for the United States is to educate  and to train the populations which have often been overlooked and forgotten when it comes to quality education: urban students in public schools. America’s competitiveness around the world is being challenged and as a [...]

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STATE OF EMERGENCY: The ominous US Crisis in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Training.

By Calvin Mackie, PhD Simply, in the 21st century, one of America’s greatest challenges will be educating and training a technical workforce to ensure that we can compete and thrive globally. If we are to compete on the global stage in a ever expanding global economy where Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are the new [...]

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Promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Math) Careers

By Calvin Mackie, PH.D. “Daddy, Is everything made in China?” is the question that came from my precious and precocious four year old son. I asked, “Why son?” My 6 year old son jumped in and said, “Daddy, everything is made in China?” To my amazement, I realized they were having a philosophical disagreement for [...]

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