Want to teach STEM?
Jobs requiring a STEM background are driving the economy — in North Carolina and across the nation. STEM job growth has been three times greater than that of non-STEM jobs over the last 10 years. And throughout the next ...
Finland: It’s the Teachers
The poor performance of U.S. students on international measures of science and math has been bemoaned by everyone from the president to concerned parents. The first Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) results were released in 1995 and the first Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test results in 2000. The education reforms that they helped to ...
How do you eat an (early college) elephant?
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time, right?
Well, the table and place settings are prepared and the meal is about to be served for Duplin County – and this elephant will feed every child in our county and generations to come. This elephant is huge, yet the perfect size for the feast.
This elephant’s name is District-Wide ...
Student Voices: Being Part of the Program
At Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, teaching and learning have been re-invented in a cohesive and functional atmosphere that both the student and teacher can benefit from. I am part of something that is crucial and fundamental to the development of society — education through the early college ...
Have You Heard Me Lately?
Textbooks or real world problems, students talking or teachers talking…what should a classroom look like? As the times change and the world changes, educators are constantly having to adapt their classrooms to meet the needs of our ever transforming society.
Teachers like to talk — this is a given — but how often do we stop talking, take a step ...