by Carol A. Josel | Mar 22, 2025 | Academics, Making Education News
Back in my junior high days, the principal got to know me really well… God, I even made my 7th-grade history teacher cry by rolling a marble or two down the aisle while she droned on and on. At the same time, during art class, Mr. H. liked to walk around his...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 21, 2025 | Academics, Making Education News, Making News
About the results on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment Governing Board writes, “National scores are below pre-pandemic 2019 levels in ALL tested grades and subjects.” Plus, thanks to our...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 7, 2025 | Academics, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
According to a recent, nationwide Gallup poll of 1,005 adults, 18 and older: ** Between 2019 and 2025, those reporting dissatisfaction with our K-12 public schools rose from 61% to 7 ** Those saying they’re satisfied with our schools is at its lowest since 2001....
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 5, 2025 | Academics, Making Education News
The 1983 eye opener, A Nation at Risk, highlighted declining student achievement and SAT scores, too. An indictment, if you will, of our public schools that preceded such education reforms as George W. Bush’s NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and Obama’s ESSA (Every Student...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 3, 2024 | Academics, Making Education News
1. An American Educational Research Association study that followed 814 low-, middle-, and high-income children for 26 years found that, most high-income children experience 6 or more “opportunities” between birth and high school. However, 66% of those from...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 30, 2024 | Academics, Carol A Josel, Making News
Wonder of Wonders: The Human Brain “You can not believe in magic all you want. But that’s a lot like holding your breath for your whole life because you don’t believe in air.” ~ from Story People’s Kai Skye In the recent “All Learning, No Questioning: How...
