21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

The course has seen phenomenal success.

"In short, our young people are now in direct competition with youth from developing countries for many of what traditionally have been considered our ‘good middle-class white-collar" jobs.

The old image of "home schooling" has been dramatically changed, thanks to high-speed Internet access and the ever-expanding digital outreach of public schools.

"Proficiency in third grade reading is a huge indicator of the likelihood that a child will graduate from high school."

With her three autistic children as her “classroom” for the past decade, Laura Kasbar learned the unique ways autistic kids learn.

Young children who hear sophisticated language in preschool are better readers in fourth grade, according to a study in the journal Child Development that reinforces the message in previous research about the important connection between early oral language development and later literacy.

Both school districts said they were upgrading in order to meet continuing demand for streaming data, video and access to information stored in the cloud.

Teacher bonuses in more than two dozen school districts statewide will depend to some degree on how well they can engage parents throughout the year, as part of new education changes signed into law earlier this year.

Take a look at the resources in this e-news. We at Montana AHECs hope that you will find them helpful as you find ways to stay inspired — and help your students aspire to dream big!

If a student is not destined to become an entrepreneur, the course may still help them become an intrapreneur — someone able to create jobs within an organization as well as a better employee if they better understand the challenges inherent in running a company. In either case, students would be better empowered to create new products and services — not to mention new jobs.