Saturday, July 16, 2011

The future of school counseling in California | The Education Report

The future of school counseling in California | The Education Report

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 schoolstechnologyteensthe arts
Shop 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)