On Thursday, August 13, 2015, Epic School Partnerships (ESP) officially launched the ESP Network. In partnership with the Salem-Keizer Public Schools, ESP facilitated a two-day institute with seven high school leadership teams. During the sessions, the leadership teams worked together to clarify their vision for their schools and to determine how to best implement…
Just got back from Rogers High School in Spokane Public School District, where I had the opportunity to speak with AVID teachers from around the area and copresent on the importance of college and career readiness with Dr. Steven Gering and Melissa Pettey. Spokane Public School District’s T24 efforts to prepare all students to successfully…
Program evaluation is always interesting, some days more than others! Right now I’m in Columbia, MO, for the National Science Foundation-funded Quality Elementary Science Teaching (QuEST) Summer Institute 2015. My colleague, Tracy Bousselot, and I are in our second year in attendance at this hands-on gathering of Missouri elementary teachers working to enhance their understanding…
Doesn’t it seem that the faster we run, the further behind we get and that the more we have to do, the less we get done? And that the “flatter” the world becomes with increased globalization, the more bridges we need? Attending the Education Commission of the States (ECS) 2015 National Forum on Education Policy…
Dr. Charis McGaughy, a former EPIC director, and Dr. Andrea Venezia, a current EPIC board member, have just published Supporting the Dream: High School-College Partnerships for College and Career Readiness. The book, …
Ross Anderson, senior lead researcher at EPIC, penned an article for Eugene’s Register-Guard about ArtCore, a new arts education program to be implemented in five Lane County Schools, through a partnership between EPIC, Lane Arts Council, the Springfield Public Schools, and others. This article originally appeared in the Register Guard but has since been archived:…
In 2014, Washington State’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction contracted EPIC to facilitate the creation of course equivalent frameworks in mathematics and/or science for 20 of the state’s career and technical education (CTE) courses. EPIC prepared recommendations for course equivalency based on the group work and EPIC’s assessment of the balance of depth and…
I recently had the opportunity to travel throughout South Carolina, leading workshops in Columbia, Charleston, and Rock Hill with my colleagues Rachel Farkas and Greg Hopper-Moore. The workshops were held in conjunction with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and the Center of Excellence for College and Career Readiness at Francis Marion University. The workshops…