by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “People are beginning to see that the emperors of reform have no clothes. And, as recent polling shows, parents are seeing this, too. Decades of top-down edicts, mass school closures, privatization, and test fixation with sanctions instead of support...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 21, 2013 | Helpful Resources
** www.bookpals.net ~ This site’s mission is to help children learn to love books with the help of Screen Actors Guild performers. ** www.classpager.com ~ This free site allows teachers to send messages from their computers to phones, to ask questions during...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 20, 2013 | Making Education News
1) In reading on the NAEP, 9-year-olds posted an average score of 221, up 13 points from 1971; for 13-year-olds, the average score jumped from 255 to 263, but for 17-year-olds, scores were statistically unchanged at 287. 2) A 2009 Stanford University study found that...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 15, 2013 | Making Education News
1. Next up: The Next Generation Science Standards said to be designed with the most- and least-advanced science students in mind. 2. The government is now allowing states that received their No Child Left Behind waivers by last summer to apply for a delay in using...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 15, 2013 | Helpful Resources
http://historyhouse.gov ~ Here you’ll find inform ation on the nearly 11,000 who have served in the House and offers almost 1,000 database items on everything related to the House, including photos, furniture, even congressional baseball cards....
