The introduction of a 1-to-1 laptop initiative is only part of a sweeping districtwide commitment to the learning of every student.
BY MARK EDWARDS
Imagine being part of a school district where children choose to come in early from recess to do schoolwork, a place where student engagement is so contagious it has overtaken the faculty and staff, a district where the focus is truly on every child every day.
Many would contend such an ideal culture simply doesn’t or can’t exist in today’s public schools. I would say they haven’t been to Mooresville, N.C.
While walking down a hallway at Mooresville Intermediate School not long ago, I suddenly heard a commotion behind me. I turned to see three young boys pushing through the back door into the school, running as fast as they could — an action that rekindled the principal in me. “Whoa, slow down, gentlemen! What is going on?” I asked.
In excited and urgent tones, they all spoke at once. The sum of their urgent explanation: “We have been monitoring earthquakes on Seismic.com, and we think one is about to happen! Can we go in our room and show you?”
 Mark Edwards |
We quickly moved into the nearby classroom, where one of the 6th graders opened up his laptop. He went to his bookmarks and clicked on Seismic.com, where he found a link to a map of Southeast Asia. One boy began explaining, “Each place that you see a light blinking …” But then all three boys yelled at the same time, “It’s happening right now!” They pointed to a light that had just started blinking.
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