by Carol A. Josel | Jun 10, 2019 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Education news just keeps coming… A 2016 U.S. Department of Education found that 10% of public school teachers had been threatened with injury by a student during the past year; 6% were assaulted. Keep in mind, however, that these figures DO NOT tell the whole...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 6, 2019 | Academics, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Average school spending has increased 3.7% to $12,201 per student, up from $11,763 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Coming in at the top with $23,091 per student is New York, followed by Connecticut and New Jersey. At the bottom of the spending pack is...
by Carol A. Josel | May 29, 2019 | Academics, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Like it or not… Despite the push for tech skills in our K-12 schools, what’s really in demand by employers are so-called soft skills. These include oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, problem-solving, empathy and organization. The number...
by Carol A. Josel | May 15, 2019 | Interesting Facts, Making Education News, Making News, Uncategorized
Recent Education News Makers: A 2008 report’s warning that our schools were falling behind their international peers set the stage for the Common Core pushed at great expense by the Obama administration and adopted by most states. Now comes a Brookings Institution...
by Carol A. Josel | May 1, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
The Education Week Research Center put education technology’s effectiveness to the test and found that, when it comes to teachers’ views about related innovations: Less than 33% said they’ve changed their beliefs about what schools should look like. Less than 50% said...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 15, 2019 | Academics, Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News
You’ve just gotta love the lofty titles of Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act, (ESSA), and its predecessor, Bush’s 2001’s No Child Left Behind, or NCLB—as if a 100% success rate were ever doable. No stragglers, no one bringing up the rear, no one back there at...
