by Carol A. Josel | Aug 3, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
** Clark County School District—our 5th largest—has joined such states as California and Virginia in moving toward “equitable grading.” Though it can take different forms, it’s said to give students more chances to prove their mastery of a subject...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 27, 2023 | Commentary
I was not “called” into teaching; instead, I fell into it after finally asking, “What do English majors do?” The usual answer was teach, so I did, and I loved it and the 8th graders who, year after year, graced my classroom. I left it behind because I got old,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2023 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
There never seems to be enough of the green stuff to go around, and sometimes songs are written about it, like Abba’s “Money, Money, Money,” which starts off with: “I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to payAin’t it...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 2, 2023 | Quotable Quotes
It arrived on my doorstep pre-dawn on June 29 boasting an above-the-fold, close-up photo of the United States Capitol Dome and the caption, “Suffolk University polls shows fear for the future of democracy is widespread.” Beneath it, that USA Today article’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 29, 2023 | Academics, Making Education News
On top of their disappointing reading and math performances on the 2022 NAEP–the National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the nation’s report card–now comes students’ poor showing on the history component. About that, says Peggy Carr,...
