by Carol A. Josel | Feb 16, 2016 | Articles
The small. wooden placard on the classroom door read, “I’m a teacher; let it snow,” and just about every kid in these parts makes a similar wish every winter. This year, it finally came true with the “historic” snow that fell the weekend...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 15, 2016 | Articles
Black History Month has been recognized every February for as long as many of us can remember, but too few are aware of how it all came to be. For that, we have to go all the way back to 1915 and a gentleman named Carter G. Woodson, a graduate of the University of...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 26, 2016 | Making Education News
1) The newly passed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes up 1,016 pages, whereas the original Elementary & Secondary Art of 1965 was just 32 pages long. 2) When asked how optimistic ASCD readers are that ESSA will help failing schools and help close the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 25, 2016 | Quotable Quotes
** “No area of human effort is free from bad ideas and mistaken theories, but the quest to ‘reform’ public education is particularly awash in misguided convictions. Concepts like ‘merit pay,’ the scapegoating of teachers, and the alleged...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 24, 2016 | Commentary
Tom Loveless, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution had this to say recently about the Common Core English/Language Arts standards: “The Common Core standards recommend that teachers spend 50% of reading time on fiction and 50% on informational texts in...
