Try to solve the Staircase Activity. Work initially in small groups. Then come together as a large group. Contents South Carolina Responds to the Wake Up Call Dr. Shirley Sturgeon , Eisenhower Coordinator South Carolina Department of Education South Carolina, like the rest of the nation, has received a wake-up call. The impact that education has become a crucial issue for all Americans.
Educators can no longer afford to see themselves as operating in a vacuum.
Decisions made within all systems impact children and their learning. There are three major systems making decisions about how children are educated. The wake-up call sounding an alarm to all the systems that visions are goals must be shared and aligned. We can no longer afford for the systems to work at odds with each other, often canceling out each other's effectiveness. Reform efforts in South Carolina are focused on the alignment necessary to bring about substantive change in the way mathematics and science are taught.