A Sharpe Outlook: Education Reform

After 30 years in education, working in colleges, secondary schools, gifted and talented programs, academic publishing, and testing, Sheila White formed a consultancy to address the needs of teachers. She joins Angela to discuss the problems with the American Education system, and what needs to be changed in order to improve it.

Sheila White

Sheila White has been enjoying a successful and varied career in education for over 30 years. Sheila has taught at universities and at rigorous independent secondary schools, where the primary readiness activity focused on by educators, was college preparedness. Her experiences include gifted and talented program administration and project editorial work. Sheila formed a consultancy that makes use of her many experiences in education to provide services to districts, schools, and academic publishers. The services offered include: teacher professional development to create college/career ready students founded on research-based teaching strategies. The company offers grant review/scoring for State Departments of Education and Federal Grants. Subject matter expertise is provided in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies from highly experienced educators with graduate degrees whose careers span public and independent secondary schools. Curriculum review; accreditation process assistance; textbook materials; as well as test items are among the menu of services offered.



Sheila has gone from lecturing to group and collaborative learning, teaching, and research. Sheila believes we are only beginning to address the new globally focused era of education reform and that her experience can help. She has a B.A. and M.A. in History from Northeastern University and she resides in Lexington, South Carolina.

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