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View full sizeMembers of the Milwaukie High School class of 1990 gather for a casual evening at Macadam's Bar & Grill in Southwest Portland as part of their 20th reunion. A survey of the class five years out of high school in 1995 showed that most had yet to find their footing in life and were still scrambling to complete college or find a stable job.
From Michael Schrage in the Harvard Business Review:
When I look at who is getting hired, purported knowledge almost always matters less than demonstrable skills. The distinctions aren’t subtle; they’re immense. How do they manifest themselves? These hires don’t have resumes highlighting educational pedigrees and accomplishments; their resumes emphasize their skill sets. Instead of listing aspirations and achievements, these resumes present portfolios around performance. They link to blogs, published articles, PowerPoint presentations, podcasts and webinars the candidates produced. The traditional two-page resume has been turned into a “personal productivity portal” that empowers prospective employers to quite literally interact with their candidate’s work.
Unsurprisingly, this simultaneously complements and reinforces the employer-side due diligence
I go back 5000 years based on the archeological findings of Marija Gimbutas as woven into the historical
He’s referring to the editorial in today’s NY Times:Look Fred. We’re the more retrograde teacher union! I believe that means we’re actually a union and not an educational reform group (Illinois might be an exception!)
The grant program has focused the country’s attention on school reform and has angered the unions, especially by pushing the states to take student
"This is really tricky stuff for school districts, though," says Richard Colvin,Road Show for School District Critics Continues
