High School Drop Out Rates cost the US Billions
June 18, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under 21st Century Learning, Blog, Education, Kid Entrepreneurs
High School drop out rates affect our economy in vast and numerous ways. Eating at the core of our job market and economic growth as a whole we are faced with the question of what to do with our education system. Our nations High School drop out rates are only growing and the expense of [...]
These Kids Mean Business: A PBS Documentary about Kids and Entrepreneurship
December 9, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Education, Blog, Kid Entrepreneurs
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page looks at the role of entrepreneurship education as a way to help change the lives of at-risk youth. Check out this preview for the 60-minute PBS special: These Kids Mean Business. I love his statement “The old thinking figured kids were too young to learn about entrepreneurship. The new thinking [...]
