by Carol A. Josel | Nov 30, 2012 | Making Education News
The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in the almost 1,000 impoverished schools in 18 states and D.C. The U.S. Department of Education is sending more than $24 million to 22...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 28, 2012 | Helpful Resources
www.nctm.org ~ This National Council of Teachers of Mathematics site covers everything you’ll need when it comes to math–and for all grade levels. www.arkive.org ~ This site invites visitors to “explore 15,000 of the world’s most endangered...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 27, 2012 | Making Education News
The mean SAT reading score was 496 out of a possible 800, a 40-year low; math scores were flat at 514. Writing came in at 488, down 9 points since 2006 and the lowest since writing was added to the SAT. 57% of those taking the SATs did not achieve a combined score of...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 26, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. ‘Over the next few years,’ he said in a speech at the National Press Club, ‘textbooks should be obsolete.’ In their place would come a variety of...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 9, 2012 | Making Education News
Ohio is one of 20 states piloting a new “Teacher Performance Assessment” whereby teacher hopefuls are videotaped during their student teaching experience; scoring is done by independent judges. A large expense for the Philadelphia School District is...
