Use these Resources to Take Your Classroom to the Next Level! Even the very best teachers need help in coming up with new ideas, money for fantasy projects, and technology resources. Corporations are stepping up to get involved in education through partnerships with individual schools and school systems. What’s in it for them? They, like [...]
read moreby Nia Johnston If there was ever a time to make a case for careers within the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, it is now. Bolstering these fields, which are projected to face critical workforce shortages in the near future, are now among our nation’s top priorities. As the current economy [...]
read moreBy 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 [...]
read moreWe’ve heard the statistics about the need for more science and math teachers in the United States. In fact, over the next decade, schools will need 200,000 or more new teachers in these fields, according to the Business-Higher Education Forum in Washington, DC. The implications to our future workforce are evident – without a strong [...]
read moreBy 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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