by Carol A. Josel | Sep 7, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“The push for reform has emerged from a growing bipartisan consensus–joined by the Obama administration–that the old advancement model based on tenure and seniority wasn’t always working, with union-negotiated agreements viewed as sometimes...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 6, 2012 | Making Education News
The Chicago Teachers Union has announced that it will strike on September 10th over pay class size, and a longer school day. The National Education Policy Center has renewed its call to slow the growth of full-tie K-12, Inc. virtual schools until students’...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 5, 2012 | Helpful Resources
www.mathcats.com ~ This site offers interactive math-related projects, games, writing contests, story problems, even math arts and crafts and a “magic chalkboard,” too. www.madsci.org ~ This site says it “represents a collective cranium of scientists...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 4, 2012 | Making Education News
The National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers’ union, has lost 100,000 members since 2010 and expects to lose about 308,000 full-time teachers by 2014. A recent Blackboard Project Tomorrow survey finds that 52% of district...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 3, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“One reason for the teacher frustration is that the state’s [Virginia] math gurus have de-emphasized memorization of ‘conceptual thinking.’ The same philosophy has crept into English classes, where ‘creativity’ has been elevated...
