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We Wait Too Long to Train Our Leaders

I can’t help smiling when I think of a 3rd grader informing her parents that they were not focusing on the problem, but only on the person. From this we concluded that it’s never too early to teach leadership skills.

A Springboard to Higher Ed

"It’s a great way to encourage students to have college credit, which allows them to accelerate through college," said Christopher Mullin, program director for policy analysis at the American Association of Community Colleges. "Plus, it is a way for students to get exposed to a college environment if parents hadn’t attended college."

Specialty Classroom Technologies Special Report

A whole new class of specialized technology is emerging that not only can make up for campuses’ limited resources, but can spark student engagement.

Education to Employment Designing a system that works

The state of the world’s knowledge about education to employment is akin to that regarding school-system reform a dozen years ago, prior to groundbreaking international assessments and related research. We hope this report helps fill this knowledge gap.

Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving Disconnected Youth

Beyond the Numbers investigates three programs with a proven record of success with the disconnected youth population and catalogues their elements of success in data collection and use to effectively engage this population.

8 Videogames to Get Your Kid Into Engineering

Kids have always loved building things and solving problems, but before videogames, the best tools we could offer them were Lincoln Logs and Legos. Today, we can give them a whole lot more. Here are eight games you can use to help prepare your child’s brain for a life of building and engineering.

Wilsonville, Lake Oswego tech jobs wow education leaders, prompt talk of more engineering lessons in schools

The tour of local employers was intended to help area school superintendents, curriculum directors and community college deans see and hear first-hand what those great jobs look like and what the managers who hire for them look for in potential employees.

Toward Integrated STEM Education: Developing A Research Agenda

The project aims to develop a strategic research agenda for determining the approaches and conditions most likely to lead to positive outcomes of STEM.

Zappos charter school planning builds ‘excitement around education’

“If this is going to be the most community-focused city in the world, you have to walk the walk, you have to involve the community,” he said. “I saw that happening last night. This school will connect with the community.”

An Admirable New Startup, Neverware, Has Raised $1 Million To Try And Save Schools A Lot Of Money

It makes old computers run like new. Hefter says schools that use his product, Neverware, will never have to buy new computers again.