The future of school counseling in California
Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 9:57 pm in
When Skyline High School’s 1,900 students return to school in the fall, they’ll have to see someone else besides a counselor for scheduling, college advising, scholarships, or any of the other things that once brought them into the counselor’s office. Faced with a tough budget decision, Skyline’s principal decided to do away with
Shop class: Are old school skills back on the cutting edge?
Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 6:34 pm in curriculumhigh schoolstechnology, teens, the artsShop classes (and especially the term “shop class”) have fallen out of fashion in the last couple of decades. But Mark Martin, an engineer who started iDesign-M, thinks that basic manufacturing skills are still relevant in today’s marketplace. He says they are important for careers in design and engineering, as well as (obviously)
