by Carol A. Josel | Jul 18, 2014 | Articles
The other day, I went Internet exploring about the dos and don’ts of parenting prompted by a scene I witnessed at a seven-year-old kid’s drop-off birthday party. Not all invitees were seven, however. Two were younger and two were older—all either neighbors or...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 17, 2014 | Helpful Resources
** http://powermylearning.org ~ Here you’ll “find and use thousands of FREE games, videos, and interactives in all major K-12 subjects and aligned to the Common Core. ** www.procon.org ~ This site’s mission is “promoting critical thinking,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 16, 2014 | Making Education News
1) Overall, teachers in the largest metropolitan areas were at school 94% of their scheduled hours–but 16% of them were chronically absent, missing 18 or more school days a year. Another 16% missed just 3 or fewer days. 2) A Gallup poll of about 1,900...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 15, 2014 | Making Education News
1. In a case brought by 9 students, a California judge has thrown out key state laws governing tenure and other teacher job protections because the current system discriminates against low-income and minority students by giving them ineffective teachers. 2. The two...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “The American Statistical Association just slammed the high-stakes ‘value-added method’ (VAM) of evaluating teachers that has been increasingly embraced in states as part of school reform efforts. VAM purports to be able to take student...
