by Carol A. Josel | Mar 27, 2013 | Helpful Resources
http:://igamemom.com ~ This is “a place for busy parents to discover good applications for kids and to explore ways to stated engaged with kids in the game world.” http://edu.glogster. com ~ This site allows you to incorporate text, video, images, and...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2013 | Making Education News
A Scholastic survey found that 58% of 6- to 17-year-olds believe they will always want to read books printed on paper even if e-books are available. Pennsylvania’s pension program is underfunded by a combined $41 billion. Overall, STEM (science, technology,...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 25, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“Children in school today will be the first generation that will be less educated than their parents. Critics say, ‘So what if America’s education rankings aren’t at the top? America’s schools have always been in the middle of the pack,...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 20, 2013 | Making Education News
Obama’s plan to provide pre-school for every 4-year-old in the country would cost state and federal governments as much as $15 billion more a year over the $9 billion already budgeted annually now. Under Obama’s NCLB waiver program, if a school has a...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 19, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“This simple [NCLB] waiver authority has turned into a conditional waiver, with the secretary [Arne Duncan] basically grabbing–grabbing’s not the right word–having more authority to make decisions that, in my view, should be made locally by the...
