by Carol A. Josel | Nov 18, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “In an American society that values originality and creativity, it makes no sense to subject millions of students to ‘one-size-fits-all’ testing that inspires uniform skills and conformity.” ~ Katrin Park, former United Nations staff member...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 13, 2013 | Helpful Resources
*** www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnfall12/Fall2012.pdf ~ This site features the FDIC’s primer, “For Young Adults and Teens: Quick Tips for Managing Your Money.” *** www.usmint.gov/kids ~ Here, kids learn all about the mint via games, toons,...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 12, 2013 | Making Education News
1) A Thomas B. Fordham Institute estimates that the total cost of implementing the Common Core standards will be between $3 billion and $12 billion depending on which approaches states use. 2) A Scholastic poll of more than 2,000 teachers finds that 75% of them think...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 11, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “For years now, federal education policy has largely ignored the issue of poverty, with too many school reformers arguing that citing the effects of living in poverty as a big obstacle to achievement in schools is ‘an excuse.’ Schools, they say,...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 4, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “What’s so atrocious is that Eric Holder, the Obama Department of Justice, [is] using the same rules intended to protect low-income children, intended to allow them to go to better schools, now wants to use those same rules to force these kids to go...
