by Carol A. Josel | Sep 15, 2014 | Articles
** “As passed by Congress, the legislation language for Race to the Top invited states to put forward detailed plans to improve data systems, adopt ‘career-and-college ready’ standards and tests, hire great teachers and principals, and turn around...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “The American Statistical Association just slammed the high-stakes ‘value-added method’ (VAM) of evaluating teachers that has been increasingly embraced in states as part of school reform efforts. VAM purports to be able to take student...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 9, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “Teaching materials aligned with the controversial national educational standards ask fifth graders to edit such sentences as ‘The president makes sure the laws of the country are fair,’ ‘The wants of an individual are less important than...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 1, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“When I was a child, back in the Parenting Stone Age (a.k.a. the Parentocentric Era), your parents were the most important people in the family. They paid the bills, bought your clothes, prepared the food you ate, took care of you when you were sick, drove you...
