Connecting the dots in eastern Kentucky
March 3rd, 2011Lexington, KY – Have you ever attended a professional development event, returned to your office filled with energy and good ideas and wondered, weeks later, what became of the positive momentum? Now imagine that you’re a school teacher, principal or superintendent. Day after day, you’re responsible for a whole classroom, school or district filled with kids. You want to improve learning outcomes, but it’s hard to know how to work in changes.
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Top Ten Strengths and Experiences Colleges Look for in High School Students
June 24th, 2010See IECA’s newest Top 10 list, compiled from results of a recent survey of educational consultants nationwide.
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Higher Ed Matters – A new look at learning
March 18th, 2010Lexington, KY – Brutus Clay oversees acquisitions and development for Langley Properties, a commercial real estate firm. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, and his M.B.A. is from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Despite this impressive resume, Clay experienced difficulties when he was in school.
“I’m wired differently,” he said.
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Higher education: opting in, opting out
February 4th, 2010Earlier this month, news of the $128 million Powerball lottery swept across Kentucky. We waited with bated breath to find out who had the lucky ticket and how the winner’s life would change. As it turned out, the jackpot went to a couple from Georgetown, and we’ve learned through news reports that they dream of visiting Hawaii and purchasing a new car. Many of us share those dreams.
Yet the anticipated life change that drew my greater interest was an expressly stated desire to go back to school, possibly to study finance. That’s right: this couple, now in a position to hire a team of accountants and investment advisors to manage their winnings, believes in the importance of education. They can do whatever they’d like in life. And where higher education is concerned, they’re opting in.
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