It’s not something you DO, it’s who you ARE. Excited, idealistic, hopeful and nervous: Last May, I wrote about a new class of enthusiastic students graduating from the College of Education at Michigan State University. Not only were these men and women looking at a fifth-year teaching internship, they were walking into national edu-politics and […]
Creating Change: Building Community for All… The Fourth Annual Student Leadership Conference on May 1, 2013 on the campus of Oakland University is designed to give teams of sophomores and juniors from every Oakland County high school the leadership skills to inspire change and influence their peers. “Taking on Social Justice in Our Schools”, “Building […]
From Dr. Vickie L. Markavitch, Superintendent of Oakland Schools: I am deeply troubled by the education budgets coming out of Lansing. Even though thousands of voters were clear in their message to Lansing on several extreme legislative efforts in the November election and during December’s lame duck session, a force in Lansing is intent on […]
The Transportation Technology Cluster at Oakland Schools Technical Campus-Southwest is revving up for a win! Auto Collision Instructor Dave Hollinger has spent the last couple of months refining his students’ skills, and in a few days from now he will be watching Joel Howard, one of his talented transportation techies, compete at the SkillsUSA State […]
As a parent, I find myself in the surreal position of writing a blog post tragically initiated by the suicide of a local 8th-grader… Perhaps I shouldn’t be so surprised; according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) , suicide is the third leading cause of death in the USA for those ages 15 to […]
Common Core State Standards are generating a love/hate following. Recent outspoken opposition to the Common Core from high-profile educators (people I strongly respect and admire) had me concerned and puzzled. What was fueling the mounting push-back and CCSS implementation fury? I turned to my in-house experts at Oakland Schools, educators I work with and know […]
High School Students Learn International Entrepreneurship at Global Trade Mission 2013 February 28, 2013: 180 Oakland County high school students, plus Culture Ambassadors, Teachers and Business Coaches from successful companies across Metro Detroit, converged on Oakland Community College in Auburn Hills for three days of hands-on, think-tank training known as the Global Trade Mission (GTM). […]
