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Partnerships and Child Obesity! PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010

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The administration in Washington D.C. has just expressed support for an outstanding idea!  "When communities, businesses and schools come together in partnership we can more effectively address the problem of child obesity."  From NBC Nightly News, May 11, 2010.

J.L.

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What's happening to Education in the U.S.? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Leatherwood   
Monday, 01 March 2010

     Forty years ago, the United States was the world leader in high school graduation rates.  Now the U.S. ranks 18 out of 24 industrialized nations!  This is a report delivered last April by McKinsey and Co., a global management consulting firm.  The report goes on to say that relationships are what keeps students in school.  When someone helps a struggling student realize the value of an education, they will stay in school and perform at higher levels.

     Teacher and student relationships are key but teachers can't do it all.  If this report calls for anything it calls for community action through well structured, sustainable  partnerships.  See the book Facing the Future Together: Forming Successful School-Business Partnerships!

     J.L.

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Share New Ideas PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Leatherwood   
Sunday, 14 February 2010

I would like to encourage any of my blog readers to share your ideas about improving education and your experience with school-businesss partnerships.

J.L. 

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Walt Disney's View of Partnerships! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Leatherwood   
Thursday, 21 January 2010

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School-business partnerships give students a taste of the world of work. 

"No one can have a well -rounded education without some knowledge of what goes on in the physical world around them."

                                                       -  Walt Disney

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Family & Happy holidays! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Leatherwood   
Sunday, 06 December 2009

I sincerely wish you all a wonderful holiday season!  I have just returned from a family emergency in Spain and have not posted much on my blog for the past month.  I am back and ready to discuss "partnerships" with you again.  Recent events have reinforced the fact that FAMILY is the most important partnership.

Warmest wishes to you and your family,

Jim

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The Dropout Rate! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Leatherwood   
Wednesday, 28 October 2009

 

Welcome to my blog.  I would love to hear from you on this subject.

The New York Times, October 8, 2009 reported, "The dropout rate is driving the nations increasing prison population, and it's also a drag on America's economic competitiveness."

On any given day, one in 10 young male high school dropouts is in jail or juvenile detention.  These dropouts become low-skilled workers and the demand for low-skilled workers is plunging!  It is essential for us to find ways to motivate students to stay in school.

J.L.

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Race to the Top? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Leatherwood   
Saturday, 03 October 2009

 

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This new "Race to the Top" education policy of the Obama administration concerns me!  Teachers who achieve the highest test scores are awarded with higher salaries.  Haven't we heard this idea before?

Where is the Obama I voted for - the community activist with an underpriviledged background?  Who can expect a teacher with underpriviledged, low performing kids to outperform teachers of gifted and talented students?  We could end up rewarding bad teachers fortnate enough to have smart students.  

Let me hear from you!  Do you agree or disagree with our President?

 J.L. 

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Jim Leatherwood is the author of Facing the Future Together:  Forming Successful School-Business Partnerships.  Employed by private enterprise for several years he became an educator and immediately saw the connection.

“A symbiotic relationship exists between education, business and industry but often goes unrecognized until these different sectors collaborate.”

As an educator, he successfully engineered more than 50 partnerships at the K-12 and community college levels.  The first partnership between Kaiser Permanente Medical Center and La Sierra High School was established in 1987 and is still functioning today.

Jim holds an MA in education, a BA in history and credentials in educational administration, counseling and teaching.  He served in each of these positions during a career lasting more than three decades.  Several awards have been presented to Jim for his work in forming partnerships including Outstanding Vocational Education Administrator of the year for the State of California, the NISOD Award of Excellence for Community College Leadership and a Special Service Award from Rotary International.

Upon retirement as a community college Dean of Occupational Education, Jim was highly recruited to consult with K-12 and community college districts.  Unable to find a “how-to” book that addressed both the educator and businessperson as future partners, he wrote Facing the Future Together.

Jim’s first job as an educator was in Sierra Leone, West Africa as a Peace Corps teacher of geography and government.  In Sierra Leone he met his wife Brenda who is currently an elementary school teacher in Rialto, California.

Currently, Jim Leatherwood has been a featured speaker at many education and business functions.  He is available as a speaker by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by writing him at The Brooke Press, P.O. Box 20774, Riverside, California 92516-0774.

 

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