Inspiring young adults to reimagine public education, Blank Check is
a novel about young people and a generation that is prepared to step in
and re-engineer public education.
The problem with gathering the forces of educators and businesses to
advance the process of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) with Career and Technical Education (CTE) education is not that
it is unworthy of their attention.
It's not that it's unimportant to the future kids coming through public
schools.
It's not that people do not get cheered when they champion new
standards.
It's ALL of these.
STEM and CTE education need a story. Today's culture advances things
through storytelling. It needs a context. That's what happens when there
is allowed incremental advances to nonchalantly lead the way. It fails
to inspire. Blank Check is that story. It's a fictional tale
grounded in pure reality. It is an intriguing, inspirational Young Adult
novel that takes place on a fictional U.S. island, but the story that
evolves could help reshape public schools in America. So here, for the
first and hopefully not the last time, there is a tale offered that can
inspire people because when the destination can be seen in the distance,
it quickens one's pace.