by Carol A. Josel | Jul 2, 2021 | Articles, Making Education News
Released on March 1, “The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy” write Education Week’s Stephen Sawchuk and Sarah Schwartz, “center on the idea of ‘reflective patriotism,” meaning that “students should learn to feel committed to this country and the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 26, 2021 | Articles, Making Education News
The ball got rolling with President George W. Bush’s 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), next made its way to Obama’s Common Core Standards (CCS) online assessments and 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and then landed on Biden’s lap. He, despite a year of...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 18, 2021 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Writing that “getting ed tech wrong would be a bitter pandemic legacy, American Enterprise resident Scholar and Education Policy Studies director Rick Hess cites several examples of bad ed-tech habits that developed during the lockdown “compromising instruction and...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 11, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News, Making News
Back on May 4, Education Week’s Sarah Schwartz wrote, “Teaching has long been a profession with long hours and low pay. Compared to other jobs that require a similar level of education and training, teachers make less money. Still, many educators will say they didn’t...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 4, 2021 | Articles, In The News, Making Education News
Education Week’s Sarah Schwartz recently reported that “Lawmakers in eight states have introduced legislation that may make it harder for teachers to talk about racism, sexism, and bias in the classroom.” Those eight states banning “the teaching of what they deem...
by Carol A. Josel | May 1, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, Making News
In mid-April, Campus Reform’s video reporter Addison Smith headed to Georgetown University, camera on and rolling, and asked numerous students about “specific measures regarding voting integrity.” These included: Voter expansion Requiring weekend early voting for two...
