by Carol A. Josel | Jul 23, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Findthebest.com finds that New York state spends the most per student with an average of $21,168, while Utah spends the least at $7,388. 2. According to FLN, 96% of respondents were familiar with the term “flipped learning,” up from 73% in 2012, and 75%...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 22, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Obama’s 2015 budget includes $120 million to create safe schools and intervene early on in the early lives of troubled children. $25 million is for violent-prone schools, and $50 million is to train staff in violence- and bullying-reducing strategies. 2....
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 21, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “Inexperience with technology might frustrate many students taking the computerized Common Core assessments. As I recently realized after debriefing with hundreds of students who had participated in pilots of computerized assessment items, even many digital...
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,...
