Competing Currents Are Altering the Course of Education in the Cove

Editor's Note: "The Changing Cove" series, written by Herald Correspondent George Berkheimer, won second place in the 2019 Professional Keystone Press Awards.

Since the introduction of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, an ongoing revolution has been waged in terms of how subjects are taught and how student proficiency is evaluated in public schools.

School systems throughout the nation are adjusting to many more transitions and changes occurring in the areas of technology, demographics and social mores.

For the foreseeable future, disruptive change is the status quo. Blackboards, b...