by Carol A. Josel | Aug 11, 2015 | Making Education News
Virginia’s Fairfax County is home to one of the nation’s largest school districts and some 187,000 students. Like many other districts, however, it too is facing a financial crunch with a potentially maximum shortfall estimated to hit $80 million! That...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 10, 2015 | Making Education News
The Common Core-related online assessments have taken yet another hit. As you may already know, state participation in the PARCC has now dropped from 23 to 11, but now comes word that Connecticut is dropping the SBAC Common Core standardized test for all of its 11th...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 31, 2015 | Helpful Resources
*** www.scholastic.com ~ This Scholastic site offers 50 Washington D.C. virtual tours, so you can explore the capital from your computer. *** www.centennial of flight.net ~ The main focus here is to predict the weather conditions for the Centennial of Flight...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 31, 2015 | Making Education News
1) The number of high school equivalency tests (GED) taken this year dropped by 50% and with a 62.8% pass rate, down from nearly 76% in 2013. 2) Currently, 70% of teachers assign homework that requires Internet and broadband access. 3) K-12 IT spending is expected to...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 30, 2015 | Quotable Quotes
*** “‘There”s a wide range for learning to read. If we make students feel pressure so that they shut down, then that light bulb is not going to be as likely to come on, and they aren’t going to develop the confidence that they need to become...
