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...
by Carol A. Josel | May 15, 2013 | Helpful Resources
www.wholekidsfoundation.org ~ This organization’s mission is “to improve children’s nutrition and wellness” as well as ending obesity and more. It offers lessons that gets kids thinking about healthy eating through recycled art projects and...
by Carol A. Josel | May 14, 2013 | Making Education News
A SmartBrief on EdTech poll found that 60% of respondents said their districts use technology as part of instruction or assessment in all core subjects. The 27% who do so in math primarily use such tools as clickers and interactive white boards. A 2012 Innosight...
by Carol A. Josel | May 13, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“You can download all of the classics that most English departments use for free. And you’re not making 7,000 photocopies anymore. Kids say, ‘Oh, I lost my packet’–the infamous packet. Well, the packet is digital now.” ~ Paula...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 25, 2013 | Making Education News
Across the U.S. and all occupations, there are 3.6 people for every one job. In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields, there’s one person for every 1.9 jobs. In Texas, more than 35 days of the 180 are spent in testing. American students are in...
