The Flying University Project

Designing Communities of Learning - Our Welcome Packet

By Clarence Thompson
As part of our toolkit for motivating our students to math excellence, we created a Welcome Packet.  That packet contains the following elements: a couple of pictures of kids who look like the kids we are trying to reach, a description of the Flying University Project, a Famil…

Designing Communities Of Learning - Crossing the Catwalk

By Clarence Thompson

Many years ago, while I was in university pursuing my undergraduate engineering degree, I supported myself by means of a variety of jobs.  In one job, I worked as a framing carpenter for a remodeling company.   There is a house I remember particularly, as we were adding rooms …