by Carol A. Josel | Jan 6, 2016 | Making Education News
A few noteworthy happenings in education: 1. As of December 10, the Every Student Succeed Act replaced the No Child Left Behind Law of 2001. 2. Under ESSA, all those hard-won Arne Duncan/Obama state waivers will be null and void as of August 1, 2016 when ESSA is fully...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 5, 2013 | Making Education News
1) 8 states have already adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. 2) 35 states and D.C. require student achievement to be a significant or most important factor in teacher evaluation. 44 states require classroom observations be added, too, and 19 states and D.C....
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 25, 2013 | Making Education News
1. More than one million students across the country have participated in a pilot of the math and English/language arts SBAC and PARCC Common Core standardized tests to help prepare teachers for when they really count. 2. The Next Generation Science Standards have...
by Carol A. Josel | May 16, 2013 | Making Education News
Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget boosts Education Department funding to $71.2 billion in a $3.8 trillion budget. That’s $3.1 billion more than it received in 2012–despite the sequester. Although Education Secretary Arne Duncan predicted that the Common...
