by Carol A. Josel | Mar 18, 2013 | Making Education News
For the fifth year in a row, Maryland’s public school system earned the top spot with a B+ in Education Weekly’s Quality Counts 2013. Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia cam in next with overall grades of B. Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2013 | Helpful Resources
www.assistments.org ~This is a free “online platform that allows teachers to write and select questions, students get immediate feedback and useful tutoring, and teachers receive instant reports to help inform their classroom instruction.” This site also...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 12, 2013 | Making Education News
Currently, 20% of all men and 1/7 of all women between 20 and 24 lack a high school diploma, making it difficult for them to get good-paying jobs. About 38% of the $7.76 billion education-technology market goes to “instructional support.” Companies...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 11, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“America’s downfall doesn’t begin with the ‘low information voter.’ It starts with the no-knowledge student. For decades, collectivist agitators in our schools have chipped away at academic excellence in the name of fairness, diversity,...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 25, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“If Twitter had existed in Homer’s day, would he have tweeted? If his time had been so occupied, would he still have been able to compose his twin masterpieces, The Illiad and The Odyssey–the foundation texts of Western civilization? More important,...
