Time (is Running) Out

Students in different countries all over the globe are equal in one respect--they spend a great deal of their time in high school. They have to do that. That said, what do they gain for their efforts? Do these young people end up with the same prospects? What will they eventually contribute to the global economy, industry, and society?



Strong American Schools, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a nonpartisan campaign supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation investigates these and other, related questions over at ED in '08. Parents who want their kids to live a good life will want to visit the site. I don't expect many high schools to even know about this. Why? Considering that many of the schools I serve regularly block blogs. I doubt that this resource is even on their radar.



What are your thoughts? Are the schools that our children attend meeting their needs? Are our children prepared to make the world a better place? Will they have the skills to succeed and survive?

NECC 2008: The Post That Almost Wasn't

I'm attending the closing keynote speech here at NECC. It's being delivered by Dr. Idit Harel Caperton, PhD. I'm blogging away when I discover that my NECC net connection has just up and disappeared. Thank goodness I brought my own Verizon wireless internet access card.

I'm delighted that I can still blog because now I can brag on my friends from Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights in Birmingham, Alabama. I've had the great pleasure of working with Pam and Sharon for a couple of years now. Their school's international project was highlighted in the keynote speech. I was so proud of them! Sharon's class has been doing some amazing things. Her students have been working with students in Singapore at Canberra Primary School.

:-)