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...
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...
