by Carol A. Josel | Dec 17, 2013 | Making Education News
1) About 4% of public school teachers report having been attacked physically during the 2007-08 school year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. 71% were threatened with injury by a student. 2) According to a 2011 American Psychological Association survey,...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 12, 2013 | Making Education News
1. Both PARCC and SBAC consortiums are creating online assessments for the Common Core but will also offer paper-and-pencil versions, as states transition to fully online testing. Question is, does one version have an advantage over the other? 2. Some built-in...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 11, 2013 | Helpful Resources
** www.masteryconnect.com ~ This site says it’s been designed with teachers in mind and provides content-area assessments, curriculum maps, standards-based student reports, and so much more. ** www.teach.org ~ This site “provides the information and...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 10, 2013 | Articles
Not only do student loans and their accompanying debt keep making news, such lending has become big business for the federal government. In fact, federal student loans have nearly doubled since 2007, with the result that the U.S. Department of Education realized a...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 10, 2013 | Making Education News
1) A 7-year-long study finds that effective elementary teachers who transferred to low-achieving schools under a $20,000 bonus-pay program helped their new students learn more on average than those in a control group. 2) Nearly 50% of all American public school...
