by Carol A. Josel | Apr 4, 2013 | Making Education News
When Arne Duncan became education secretary, he vowed to close or revamp 1,000 schools a year for 5 years. The result: activists across the country recently converged on the U.S. Department of Education demanding that the shutdowns be stopped. North Dakota has merged...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 3, 2013 | Helpful Resources
www.edcanvas.com ~ Here you can do web quests, project-based learning, gather and annotate online resources, share content, and so much more. www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/29-amazing-craft-ideas ~ Here you’ll find out how to make everything from bookmarks...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 2, 2013 | Making Education News
The graduation rate rose to 78.2% for public school students, up from 71.7% in 2001. Overall, 3.1 million students received a diploma in 2010. The U.S. has slipped from #1 to #22 out of 27 developed countries in their graduation rate. An Education Sector survey found...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 1, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“Knowing how to identify and measure great teaching is a huge step toward providing better feedback and support for teachers and building a better education system for all our children–but it’s just one step. The challenge now is to use this...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 28, 2013 | Making Education News
In the second $4 billion Race to the Top grant competition, 12 states won, but now three of them–D.C., Maryland, and Georgia–are not making enough progress on the promises they’d made in their winning applications, such as improving low-performing...
