Tag: next generation learning
Red Clay’s STEM Program Thrills Students
August 3rd, 2012
A few weeks ago, I attended a showcase put on by some budding young engineers where I got to see robots, roller coasters, alternative-energy race cars, and even a few rocket launches. What made this event even more exciting is that I had taught a few of these engineers to multiply fractions and solve equations just a few months earlier. For the...VIEW ARTICLE
A Cowgirl, US Supreme Court Justice, and Online Civics Education Pioneer
August 1st, 2012
Last month, I met a self-proclaimed “old cowgirl from Arizona” at the Education Commission of the States National Forum on Education Policy in Atlanta, GA. With a beaming smile, she spoke about an upbringing on the Lazy-B Ranch, her experience as pioneering woman in law school, and the difficulties she had with finding work as a female...VIEW ARTICLE
July 30, 2012
July 30th, 2012
Local News The News Journal Spending cuts could cost Delaware 2,200 jobs Essentially, an uncompromising Congress decided to bludgeon itself into reaching an agreement on future spending. But the window to do so is narrowing. Unless Congress does something to reverse itself before Jan. 2 – and it’s not likely to begin trying until after...VIEW ARTICLE
July 19, 2012
July 19th, 2012
Local News The News Journal Previewing college life UD’s Summer College program returned this summer a year after many expected it would be eliminated following a state funding cute. Rising high school juniors and seniors – most of them from the local area – take college freshman-level courses and familiarize themselves with life on UD’s...VIEW ARTICLE