by Carol A. Josel | Feb 21, 2025 | Academics, Making Education News, Making News
About the results on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment Governing Board writes, “National scores are below pre-pandemic 2019 levels in ALL tested grades and subjects.” Plus, thanks to our...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 7, 2025 | Academics, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
According to a recent, nationwide Gallup poll of 1,005 adults, 18 and older: ** Between 2019 and 2025, those reporting dissatisfaction with our K-12 public schools rose from 61% to 7 ** Those saying they’re satisfied with our schools is at its lowest since 2001....
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 1, 2025 | Carol A Josel, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Moody’s Ratings has now given our traditional K-12 public schools “a negative outlook.” The top reason: slowing revenue. The $121.9 billion from the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief III had to be spent by January 28, 2025, now extended to March 2026–but...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 25, 2025 | Making News
On the 17th, AP science writer Seth Borenstein put it this way, “The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe…” Indeed, it seems as...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 20, 2025 | AI in Education News, Technology in Education
This morning, I asked Google how/why teachers use Artificial Intelligence and got this AI-generated answer: “[It] essentially makes teaching more efficient and effective.” How? #1 on the accompanying list is Personalized Learning. The reason? Reportedly, AI analyzes...
