Leadership
1) Promote and implement character education for all students. 2) Teach critical thinking skills in K-post graduate schooling. 3) Actively groom students for leadership positions who demonstrate talent and skills in that area. 4) Recognize and reward honesty, creative thinking, and integrity of leaders and potential leaders. 5) Return to the teaching of history and the patterns of success and failure we have learned from the past.
This post was submitted by Carolyn A. Stewart.
Cheaper higher ed & more career/tech ed in high school
I’ve worked as both a teacher and counselor (elementary and high school) and would advise a few things.
1) More career and technical education in middle/high schools: A large percentage of our students aren’t seeing the connection between the “core” subjects (especially math) and the world of work. In most schools, kids simply memorize enough of the material to earn a grade and pass to the next level, never truly grasping the important concepts–what a crime! Education should be exciting! Meeting kids where they’re at by speaking to their interests and tying learning into career and technical programs they might want to enter is one way to hold [Read more...]
Support/implement programs that stimulate science, technology, engineering, mathematics and invention innovation for our secondary students
Students in grades 7-12 are \’opting\’ out (taking \”free\” periods) out of their normal middle/high school classes to attend 2- & 4-yr. colleges and universities where they are often \”mentored\” by faculty and graduate students because they want \”meaningful\” opportunities in STEMI courses and laboratory experiences. Bright HS students are in-part bored with the traditional experiences, unless they are engaged in AP Science and Math classes, Baccalaureate courses, or university courses that \’count\’ toward their HS graduation requirements.
We need to:
1) Provide meaningful secondary experiences by encouraging our STEMI faculty to become better prepared by obtaining higher degrees in CONTENT areas rather than in education, per se.
2) Encourage STEMI-centric students to [Read more...]
