EdWatch Nevada by Joe Enge
Joe Enge serves as an education analyst with NPRI, as chairman of EdWatch Nevada, and as a member of the Carson City School Board. Author of two world history textbooks, columnist for Liberty Watch Magazine, Joe was a high school teacher in Nevada from 1988 to 2006 and a Fulbright teacher to the former Soviet Union. He was named a Madison Fellow in 2005.
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Dr. Robert Schmidt gave a presentation to the Senate Human Resources and Education Committee last Friday on Career and Technical Education. His ideas, research, and plan have the badly needed substance and vision, which is so often lacking in the discourse regarding education in Nevada.
Norm Dianda, director of Nevada Policy Research Institute, and I spoke with Dr. Schmidt in support of his ideas. ACE charter school in Reno is a practical model that should be expanded systemically and statewide. Any of us who have taught overseas recognize the self-serving, idiosyncratic nature of American public education. Dr. Schmidt cites successful programs in other countries and applies the concepts to our situation in Nevada. His analysis for NPRI titled Teaching the Forgotten Half is a must read for anyone interested in reforming Nevada’s education system.