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This article by Tom Watkins, Centric Learning’s Educational Advisor to China, was first published at Bridge Michigan. We made it through 2020. Onward to 2021. We can take pride in Governor Whitmer’s leadership adapting to the unpredictable chaos that COVID-19 wrought on our state.  Our governor played a pivotal leadership role in forging change in spite of a divided partisan legislature that often acted without any federal support, guidance or planning.  Let’s face […]

This interview was conducted by Jimmy Kilpatrick and published first on Education News. EdNews was pleased to catch up with Ron J. Stefanski to learn more about his focus during this global pandemic, which has sent a tsunami wave across our education system. Ron is currently executive director of sales, marketing and business development for Centric Learning and has been a thought leader in education for the past two decades. He […]

This article by Tom Watkins, Centric Learning’s Educational Advisor to China, was first published at The Detroit News. During this COVID-19 pandemic, children have been forced into remote learning. What has followed are parents pulling their hair out, kids who are bored and education faltering. There is a lot of finger-pointing among parents, policymakers, local school boards and superintendents about e-learning not delivering the education our children need and deserve. […]

This article by Tom Watkins, Centric Learning’s Educational Advisor to China and advisor for the Michigan-China Innovation Center, was first published at China US Focus. The world is like a kaleidoscope – full of constant and unpredictable change. Who could have imagined a global pandemic upsetting our world and turning everything and everyone on its head as 2020 began? Fast forward nearly a year later and our global landscape has […]

This article was first published by Jimmy Kilpatrick, Editor of EducationViews.org – Tom Watkins I recently caught up with Tom Watkins who was on the cutting edge of sensible school reform as Michigan’s state superintendent of schools, (2001-05) and remains so today, to take a look at remote/e-learning in the time of Covid.  Tom has perhaps one of the most eclectic careers serving in leadership roles in K-12 and preschool education, […]