by Carol A. Josel | Jan 20, 2023 | Academics, Making Education News
Virginia’s Fairfax County Schools has withheld National Merit awards from hundreds of students, done, says its website “to keep equity at the center of the curriculum” and “to eliminate gaps in opportunity, access, and achievement for students.” D’s and F’s were also...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 11, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Teacher Quote
Teachers were never fond of me in my growing years. I did stuff like surreptitiously rolling marbles down aisles, making more than a teacher of two cry, and, oh, how I loved to talk and pass notes… Naturally, I never wanted to be one. Back story: Accepted as a...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 11, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
*** Three You/Gov/ More in Common surveys found that most of us, both Democrats and Republicans, want history instruction to include “both the triumphs and the dark chapters of American history.” However, there’s a “perception gap,” meaning “the...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 7, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
Says high school English teacher Alice Dominguez: “No matter the data or intention, no packaged curriculum can offer space to reflect as a community and respond to the unique needs of each school. If school leaders can resist the promises made by ed tech companies,...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 12, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting
Seems we’re all on the digital bandwagon, obliviously glued to our screens, allowing tech companies to crawl into our homes and classrooms all to great applause. Costly and not just dollar-wise, in many instances, screens have compromised our kids’ well-being and...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 19, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
The pandemic may be fading but not its academic aftereffects… **** According to Attendance Works, 16 million students missed at least 18 days of school in the 2021-21 school year, twice as many as before the pandemic. That means that 33% of kids were chronically...
