by Carol A. Josel | Oct 9, 2016 | Making Education News
With thanks to a recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital survey of our greatest child-health concerns, here are the top 5 out of 10 by race/ethnicity: White Adults: Obesity Bullying Drug Abuse Internet Safety Stress Black Adults: Bullying Racial Inequities School...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 8, 2016 | Articles
September 20th slipped by pretty much unnoted by most of us, as we settled into the post-back-to-school rush. With recently purchased supplies, paper, pencils and tech devices firmly secured in our kids’ backpacks-right there along with textbooks, lunch bags,...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 3, 2016 | Commentary
According to the Learning Policy Institute led by Stanford University’s Linda Darling-Hammond, in the 2015-16 school year, America was short some 60,000 teachers: 48 states and D.C. were in need of special education teachers; 42 states and D.C. were in need of...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 28, 2016 | Making Education News
With thanks to Education Week’s Lovey Cooper, here are the absentee numbers and where they’re the highest, based on research by Johns Hopkins University’s Robert Balfanz and Hedy N. Change, director of Attendance Works: Their analysis,...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 22, 2016 | Making Education News
With thanks to Education Week, these poll responses speak volumes about the Common Core, their related online assessments, and the billions spent to implement them–all to very mixed reviews. Your tax dollars at work… Question: “Are standards...
