by Carol A. Josel | Jun 30, 2016 | Articles
Some time before schools had shut their doors on the 2015-16 school year, the U.S. Department of Education’s 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection’s 2016 update reported that over 6.5 million kids had been “chronically absent.” In other words, they missed 15 or...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 17, 2016 | Making Education News
As reported by Nick Anderson, on the retooled SAT, the emphasis is on measuring “core skills taught in school, such as reading charts, analyzing evidence and applying algebra in mathematical problems.” One caveat, though: “It turns out that the new...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 14, 2016 | Commentary
Actor and national outreach director for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Marlo Thomas says, “Whether the story is terrorism, economic turmoil, global warming, or racial tensions, children are being raised in fear and are having an...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 13, 2016 | Commentary
In a recent article, Health Day reporter Amy Norton posited that maybe, just maybe, the global rise in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be due to us adults having “unreasonable expectations of young children,” just as researchers have been...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 9, 2016 | Articles
As a student teacher supervisor working out of two colleges, I just had to include this excerpt from a piece by Peter Greene, a veteran high school teacher in Pennsylvania who also happens to author the Curmudgucation blog. In it he tackles tech-based teacher prep...
