Date set for next One Guilford symposium
The third in a series of meetings sponsored by the News & Record to discuss leadership and the community is set for 4-6 p.m. March 12 at UNCG's Elliot University Center.
While previous sessions focused on issues like job loss and community mistrust, the coming symposium is geared toward the future.
The March discussion, according to a release from the N&R, will ask:
-How well does Guilford County prepare high school graduates for college? For employment?
-How can our colleges, universities and business community work together to improve student readiness?
-How can we guarantee students are developing the critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary to contribute to our county's economic vitality?
The symposium is open to the public and will include the following panelists:
-Dr. Margaret Arbuckle, president, Guilford Educational Alliance
-Jerry Camp, business owner and board chairman, High Point Chamber of Commerce
-Alan Duncan, chairman, Guilford County Board of Education
-Dr. Joe Graves, dean of University Studies, A&T
-Megan Michaux Metzger, small business owner
-Jasmine Renee Mitchell, Morehead Scholar, UNC-Chapel Hill
-Dr. Noah Rogers, principal, Smith High School
-Dr. Kathryn Baker Smith, vice president, GTCC
-Dr. Rosemary Wander, associate provost, UNCG
-Malishai Woodbury, teacher, Dudley High School
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Hi I'm 73 years old and was a poor student in school but I probably learned more in the 40's and 50's than what is taught in schools now days. With math, english, history, spelling and common sense I feel like I have a College education compared to some College graduates of today. I know some very good teachers in Greensboro and they say all the principal of the school cares about are test scores. This being the case I doubt if all of the Dr's that will be at the meeting will really have any important breakthrough info.
Posted on February 10, 2008 9:21 PM