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7 Subjects That Should Be Taught: A Prep for Life

Countless times adults reflect on their grade school years with many pleasant thoughts, but if seriously pressed and asked: “What class would have been really helpful in preparing for real life?… more →

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7 Subjects That Should Be Taught: A Prep for Life — 1 comment

Leodis Scott wrote 9 months ago: Countless times adults reflect on their grade school years with many pleasant thoughts, but if serio … more →

Tags: K-12 Education, Experential Learning, Money, Work, & Lifestyle, State of Continuing Education, Entrepreneurship, Nutrition, curriculum design, 7 Subjects, rule of 72

Could Educating Adults Be Beyond Repair?

Leodis Scott wrote 10 months ago: A widely spoken quote from Frederick Douglass, that “it is easier to build strong children tha … more →

Tags: Teacher Development, Adult Development, K-12 Education, Learning City, building children, Childhood Development, educating adults, Frederick Douglass, Opposites of Education

Learning from Land-Grant Colleges: Starting a New Education Agenda

Leodis Scott wrote 10 months ago: On July 2, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act that resulted in many colleges and … more →

Tags: Higher Education, K-12 Education, community colleges, State of Continuing Education, K-12, Land-grant institutions, STEM, Morrill Act, 150 year anniversary

Graduations: A Shared Event and Two-Way Invite

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: Graduations have symbolized an event of change and progression: A farewell to present, a welcome to … more →

Tags: Higher Education, community engagement, social networking, Graduation, Alma Mater, engagement, learning communities, Alumni, COMMENCEMENT

Building a Real "Learning City" — 1 comment

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: A favorite game of mine was “Sim City” (the old version), where as mayor, you get a chan … more →

Tags: Higher Education, K-12 Education, Learning City, Education, Urban Planning, Human Capital, learning city, Sim City, learning society

What is Higher Education? A Degree or Something Else — 5 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: In public discourse, “higher education” is a term that differs from traditional schoolin … more →

Tags: community colleges, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, State of Continuing Education, america, K-12, purpose of higher education, Sign of the Times, Tertiary Education

Playing Education Like A Professional Sport

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: What if the scene of professional sports applied to education? Education would see casual spectators … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Lifelong Learning, Hobbies, Television, Sports, Continuing Education, Super Bowl, Championship, Basketball

The Best Doctors. Lawyers, and Educators

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: Apologies if the title implies another top 10 list, since the intention was to comment about what ma … more →

Tags: Teacher Development, Higher Education, K-12 Education, doctors, Lawyers, Educators, Mission and Values, Law, Medicine

State of Continuing Education 2012

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: Presenting the ‘State of Continuing Education’ comes with at least two outdated and conf … more →

Tags: Higher Education, K-12 Education, Adult Learning, State of Continuing Education, Training & Development, Adult Learning, K-12, 2012, Continuing Education

Let's Salute Returning Veterans with Solutions — 1 comment

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: “Don’t give me a parade, give me a job” is a common cadence you will hear concerni … more →

Tags: Training & Development, Experential Learning, Prior Learning Assessment, Military Veterans, Veterans, GI Bill, National Work Readiness Credential, military

Working Value of Education — 4 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: “Who says you can’t put a value on education,” points a friend illustrating a char … more →

Tags: Experential Learning, community engagement, Money, Work, & Lifestyle, Experiential education, Organizational Learning, Prior Learning Assessment, Training & Development, Workplace Learning, non-traditional students

Linking Music Lyrics to Learning — 3 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: Many have different tastes and styles about the best music for reading or studying. Melodies like cl … more →

Tags: Self-Directed Learning, Lifelong Learning, Teacher Development, Money, Work, & Lifestyle, Training & Development, Adult Learning, Hobbies, Conferences, Entertainment

Emotions of Education: A Passion for Reform — 2 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: Many agree that emotions can rule over all reason and sense. Emotions can also encourage and drive u … more →

Tags: Teacher Development, K-12 Education, Money, Work, & Lifestyle, Literacy & Language, Training & Development, Lifelong Learning, Costs & Loans, Professional Organizations, Risks of Learning

How Adult Learning Can Change K-12 Education — 5 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: Adult Learning & Continuing Education is an emerging field that still has a long way to go in de … more →

Tags: K-12 Education, Experential Learning, Adult Learning, Organizational Learning, Training & Development, Adult Learning, technology, Teacher Development, Strategies

Engaged-Learning: Linking Education to Everyone — 3 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 1 year ago: What do you think? Should education be a right or a privilege? To be fair, I’m mostly talking … more →

Tags: Higher Education, K-12 Education, community engagement, Engaged learning, Training & Development, Lifelong Learning, Workplace Learning, non-traditional students, Strategies

No Adult Left Overlooked: Reforming Continuing Learning Too — 1 comment

Leodis Scott wrote 2 years ago: Given the current debate for education reform such as fixing No Child Left Behind; promoting Race to … more →

Tags: Teacher Development, Adult Development, K-12 Education, Adult Learning, Literacy & Language, Adult Learning, Workplace Learning, non-traditional students, Costs & Loans

‘Waiting for Superman’ Creates a Secret Hero

Leodis Scott wrote 2 years ago: After watching this compelling work about the nation-wide damage to American elementary and highscho … more →

Tags: Teacher Development, Higher Education, Adult Development, K-12 Education, community colleges, Training & Development, Lifelong Learning, 2010, social networking

Wake Up! It's Time for School: Yeah You Too — 4 comments

Leodis Scott wrote 2 years ago: Back-to-school sales, crates and boxes, papers, pens, and ‘Post-Its’ are here again, fal … more →

Tags: Self-Directed Learning, Lifelong Learning, K-12 Education, Adult Learning, Training & Development, Adult Learning, Workplace Learning, non-traditional students, HOW TO?

Entertaining while Educating — 1 comment

Leodis Scott wrote 2 years ago: When I sit down to see a movie or play, I slouch in my seat waiting to be entertained. I’ve be … more →

Tags: Training & Development, Teacher Development, Technology Networking, Money, Work, & Lifestyle, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Courses, Self-Directed Learning, social networking


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