by Bristol Harris | May 11, 2021 | Education / Educators
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I want to share how one of my teachers made a life impact twice in two different areas – decades apart! Mr. Ferrill Gunter, High School Algebra 2 teacher, was an amazing mathematics instructor. A common belief is High...
by Bristol Harris | May 3, 2021 | In-Person Teaching
A hot topic now is not if teachers and students will return to the classrooms, but when will they return to the classroom? Of course, the answers are different from state to state and even from school district to school district. It seems many teachers will have the...
by Bristol Harris | Apr 28, 2021 | Stay in School
A regional Chamber of Commerce developed a Stay-in-School program where area businesspersons would attend after school programs at local Middle Schools and talk to the students. They talked about their careers and encouraged the students to stay in school and get...
by Bristol Harris | Apr 22, 2021 | Education / Educators
A wise STEM Center Director pointed me to STEM and this is how she did it! In 2012 I returned to my university where I had graduated many years earlier with a BS degree in Engineering Science. The student body had doubled in size from 5,000 to 10,000 students, and of...