When students ask this question, refer them to one of many leading industry magazines. This is also a great tool for keeping up on trends, direction and changes related to life-after-K12-education. No cost other than sincere interest.
Boy, a little Fall cleaning of the electronic files and I'm finding a lot of good stuff.
The following is a school that I highlighted previously on another blog and very much worthy of sharing again here. What do you get when you combine a public school, a community college and a hospital?
The Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, a new, hybrid high school and technical college jointly operated by Wake County Public Schools, Wake Technical Community College and WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, NC.
This 5 year school will produce graduates meeting the following high school, college and workplace standards: Watch Video Here.
Because this is a public high school, students will get a free 2 year college degree and be one year ahead of their peers if they choose to enter college as juniors upon completing the program. If they do not continue on to college, they will have skills and experience in high demand careers that will probably offer starting salaries of at least $20/hour.
Hats off to the Raleigh Public Schools and their partners for finding a true win-win-win solution for educating our children, helping them fulfill their dreams and meeting the present and future needs of society.
Every educational institution receiving Federal funding is mandated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, to hold an educational program pertaining to the United States Constitution, on September 17th as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. Commemorating the September 17th, 1787 signing of the Constitution*.
U.S. Constitution Workshop, a "self-service" online workshop for teachers
The National Archives’ documents
Library of Congress
National Archives research facilities and presidential libraries*When September 17 is a Sunday, as this year, Constitution Day is to be held during the preceding or following week (September 11th – 15th or (September 18th – 22nd).
Although inconsistent in how they're spelling it (text-messaging vs text messaging and eMail vs e-mail), the messages from all three are the same.
USA Today reports:
Text-messaging replacing eMail among youth
In the era of instant gratification, students and recent graduates are used to being plugged in 24/7, and view eMail as a slower, less convenient means of communication...Associated Press reports:
'E-mail has become the new snail mail' as younger set goes with text messagingMercury News reports:
SITES LIKE MYSPACE OFFERING `INSTANT' SOCIAL SCENE, FAST MESSAGING ATTRACT YOUNG USERS, STUDY SHOWS
CHICAGO -- E-mail is so last millennium. Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder - a parent, teacher or a boss - or to receive an attached file. But increasingly, the former darling of high-tech communication is losing favor to instant and text messaging, and to the chatter generated on blogs and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
Email is FORMAL correspondence?
That said, no one is predicting the death of e-mail. Besides its usefulness in formal correspondence, it also offers the ability to send something from "one to many," says Anne Kirah, a senior design anthropologist at Microsoft who studies people's high-tech habits. That might include an announcement for a club or invitation to a party.
Many college students are logged on 24/7 and the shift is starting to creep into workplace communication, too.
Chintan Talati, who is 28, often uses instant message with other younger peers at his work, a California-based Web site that provides automotive information to consumers. He prefers IM over e-mail. "It's a way to get a quicker answer," he says.
And how do we help students make transitions to college and the world of work?:
"Nine to 5 has been replaced with 'Give me a deadline and I will meet your deadline,"' Kirah says of young people's work habits. "They're saying 'I might work until 2 a.m. that night. But I will do it all on my terms."'
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While AP courses have been around for years, college and high school have been generally separate from one another. A recent story indicates this may be changing.
Wake County Public Schools, Wake Technical Community College and WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, NC are jointly opening a new, hybrid high school and technical college: The Wake Early College of Health and Sciences. Watch the Video Here.
The new 5 year school will produce graduates meeting the following high school, college and workplace standards:
Because this is a public high school, students will get a free 2 year college degree and be one year ahead of their peers if they choose to enter college as juniors upon completing the program. If they do not continue on to college, they will have skills and experience in high demand careers that will probably offer starting salaries of at least $20/hour.
"Elizabeth Ogle, 14, of Knightdale, knew she wanted to enroll despite the school's lack of frills: no sports teams, no prom, no social clubs. She wants to be a pediatric nurse and said school comes first. "I can still go to games and dances with my friends," she said. "My future is more important.""
Hats off to the Raleigh Public Schools and their partners for finding a true win-win-win solution for educating our children, helping them fulfill their dreams and meeting the present and future needs of society.
