by Carol A. Josel | Aug 31, 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 | Aug 30, 2012 | Making Education News
The Common Core Technical Core Standards were recently released; they’re divided into 16 clusters and 12 overarching, “career-ready” practices. Results on the first National Association of Education Progress (NAEP) of both hands-on and interactive...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 28, 2012 | Making Education News
A recent Blackboard Project Tomorrow survey finds that 52% of district administrators support the idea of online classes, up from 33% in 2007. A recent CDW survey found that 71% of students and 77% of teachers say they use laptops or netbooks, smartphones, student...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 27, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“NCLB concentrated on achievement gaps and increased accountability for high-need students, but it also encouraged states to lower standards and narrow their curricula, focusing on absolute test scores instead of student growth and gains. The problem was that a...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 27, 2012 | Articles
It’s back-to-school marathon shopping time again, with about half of all parents heading to stores right about now. Indeed, the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that the average family will spend approximately $688.62 this season and, all told, 2012...
