The county and state school systems are revamping their curriculums, trying to ready students to eventually take over the six-figure jobs that will be in their backyards.
The biggest change the students likely will notice is an increased emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math programs, also called STEM.
Educators' goals are to get students interested in these fields early and give them a head start over their peers around the country. That should...
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Tyler - 2009-12-15 10:41:44
you are correct on all counts. This boondoggle has been touted as manna from heaven don't think it is going to work out that way. BTW I think most of the county schools have a signature program going in their high schools and they are not BRAC related. I know at Broadneck the theme is green technology.
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cool programs - 2009-12-13 19:34:56
I like the idea and movement towards these programs. But why does it take BRAC to bring them to AACO? And aren't we being presumptuous that the BRAC people will actually be able to sell their upside down homes to actually move to AACO? Yup...they'll be commuters for the foreseeable future thanks to the tanked economy. And their kids won't be in AACO schools. Probably a good thing, because it'll take AACO forever to prepare for the proposed influx of BRACs, despite being forewarned. Kinda like Boomtown.
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