The end of summer can be an emotional time for parents, students and teachers alike. There may be disappointment about returning to a structured schedule, excitement about seeing friends and apprehension or optimism about adjusting…
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A growing number of educators recognize the traditional classroom lecture is no longer the only way to teach the real-world skills students will need in the future, such as creativity, critical thinking and problem solving,…
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The jobs of today look different than the jobs of yesterday, and as technology evolves they will also look different than those of tomorrow. If our focus is on preparing students for careers in today’s…
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Business is evolving at a frantic pace. Uber is a verb, there’s an app for that, and ‘YouTuber’ is a viable career option, and that’s just in the past ten years. Careers and even industries…
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Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat, once said, “In a flat world there is no such thing as an American job. There is just a job, and in more cases than ever before…
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Americans have always placed a premium on education, believing that a higher level of education correlated to a higher income. For decades this was true; between 1982 and 2001 the average wages earned by American…
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Part 1 of a three-part series Career educators will tell you that what we teach and how we teach is constantly evolving. Today, that evolution is centered on automation; how will it impact the jobs…
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“The early Greeks had to look back centuries to study ancient culture, but we only need to look back a single generation to find those who lived without technologies we take for granted today. The…
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(Part 3 of a Three-Part Series) Parental engagement is a popular topic in education today, and as we’ve discussed in this three-part series engagement is the result of the school/teacher and the parent building trust…
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(Part 2 in a Three-Part Series) Educator Sunny P. Chico states, “A child has four basic needs for success in school and life: physical health, social well-being, emotional well-being and academic achievement. When parents are…
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