As the old saying goes, “Read it and weep!” The impossible Achievement Gap lives on and on and on. See the story by clicking on the graphic below. Each year thousands of new school leaders, take the reins of a K12 school district or a school, while promising to erase the indelible “Achievement Gap.”
Many Minnesotans are rightfully applauding their new Employment and Economic Developer (EED) Commissioner, Steve Grove. Mr. Grove was the former News Lab Director at Google. He was in charge of Google’s collaboration with news organizations all over America and the globe. Steve not only knows technology, he knows how to tell the important news stories about the technological impact that
Here’s a good old technology story that will make you think again! “A farm implement salesman wanted to sell a tractor to Old Zeke. Zeke was still farming with his old horse, Ezra, pulling the plow. One day he told Zeke he would leave him a tractor to use for a week, at no
Here’s a story about a youngster who always wanted to fly. When he learned how to draw pictures, they weren’t of the sky with birds flying around…. No, his artwork was, instead, drawings of airplanes, and with him at the controls….up far above the birds and even higher than the clouds! Such is the stuff that
Yes, an early Spring seems a couple of months away. Guess who’s to blame? Look to the right! Having predicted an early Spring, our groundhogs need a refresher course in Meteorology 101. Some good STEM courses would help too. No, STEM doesn’t tell us how to get rid of winter quicker. But it does provide a great