by Carol A. Josel | Oct 23, 2012 | Making Education News
10% of K-8 students are held back for one or more years–including 25% of low-income students. About 7 million students–15% of all American school children–miss a month or more of school each year, according to the Get Schooled Foundation. Nearly 50%...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 22, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“The President has said that changes are needed to close the persistent gap between poor and privileged students, drive up high school graduation rates, and produce a workforce that can compete globally. But it is impossible to predict whether his policies,...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 17, 2012 | Helpful Resources
www.studentreasures.com ~ This site offers “several free programs for K-6 educators to help turn your students into published authors.” For middle schoolers, there is a fee for the kits. http://magazine.scholastic.com/election-2012 ~ Here, you’ll...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 16, 2012 | Making Education News
Today, there are some 5,600 charter schools operating in 41 states and D.C., putting Catholic schools at a distinct disadvantage. In the 1987-88 school year, there were about 65,000 first-year teachers; by 2007-08, there were more than 200,000. On the NAEP writing...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 15, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do.”~ Benjamin Spock “There really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.” Anne Lamott “Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people...
