Jeffersontown High School senior Alex Beebe once took apart a refrigerator and put it back together as part of a class project, he told U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan at his school Thursday morning.
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Arne Duncan arrived at Cincinnati State Thursday afternoon, Sept. 17.
Duncan said he worries that many students with the grades to go to college believe that it will be too expensive. So it is a good chance to spend some time with him, I always learn a lot from him. This position will help more schools launch their own transition to OER and follow in the footsteps of Williamsfield community.
Rather than procuring new textbooks for students, the district opted to use OER and instead direct those savings towards new devices for students.
The formula has been tweaked over the years but still distributes only 44 cents of every $1 on the basis of district need, according to state Sen.
Duncan plans to highlight Jeffersontown High on how the school is bridging the gap between high school, college and the work world. “The magic is teaching each child with what their strengths and weaknesses are”, Duncan said.
“It’s embarrassing, it’s an absolute shame”. “And many states, including Illinois, dummy-down those standards to make politicians look good”.
“The fact that so many children who need the most get the least in Illinois is devastating”, he said. “It’s not living, breathing, current, or what really hits home with [students] and gets them to ask questions.” said Lori Secrist, a science teacher in the district.
Also Wednesday, Duncan said he would like to see more universities adopt accessibility programs like the UI has developed over the past 68 years for students with disabilities.
“This both inspires me, and frankly challenges me to think about how we encourage, nudge, urge other universities how can they create other places like this that are so supportive and so accepting”, said Duncan.
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“There’s so little information out there about what universities provide”, he said.
