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...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 10, 2019 | Commentary, Interesting Facts, Making Education News
Washington Post’s Andrew Van Dam reports that, back in the early 1990s, teachers and support staff enjoyed above-average paychecks in 26 out of the 42 states in the Labor Department’s database. By 2017, only one state, Rhode Island, could make that boast, while the...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 2, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Education has been making front page news of late about everything from striking teachers and standardized testing to Education Secretary DeVos and charter schools. And behind many of the headlines, is the question of money. Here, then, is a brief rundown of President...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 18, 2019 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
For starters, the recent Education Week Research Center’s Chance-for-Success Index reflects experiences–both in and out of school–that affect how well we do over the course of our lifetimes. It’s based on 13 specific education-related factors in a person’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts
It’s not rocket science to realize there might be downsides to some feel-good political measures, and yet they’re often met with applause, as in the case of these three: Recess Time: In the name of core subjects and standardized test prep, by 2008 at least 40% of U.S....
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News
The students chant: “No Summit! No Summit” echoed across McPherson Middle School’s campus on a recent, cold January afternoon. The reason: Facebook’s ChanZuckerberg Initiative’s Summit Learning. Said 7th grader Drake Madden, “It’s a learning program that is supposed...
