by Carol A. Josel | Apr 15, 2019 | Academics, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
You’ve just gotta love the lofty titles of Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act, (ESSA), and its predecessor, Bush’s 2001’s No Child Left Behind, or NCLB—as if a 100% success rate were ever doable. No stragglers, no one bringing up the rear, no one back there at...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 10, 2019 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Washington Post’s Andrew Van Dam reports that, back in the early 1990s, teachers and support staff enjoyed above-average paychecks in 26 out of the 42 states in the Labor Department’s database. By 2017, only one state, Rhode Island, could make that boast, while the...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 8, 2019 | Academics, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
Ed tech continues to change schooling, with devices and online programs nowadays taking front and center, not the teacher. That is most certainly the case with personalized learning, the latest education reform buzzword. Although touted by proponents as learning’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2019 | Commentary, Making Education News, Making News
Be advised: Microsoft’s Bill Gates is now out there calling textbooks “obsolete” and predicting their imminent death. Yes, this despite the fact that ongoing studies keep finding/proving that students prefer reading the paper variety. Moreover, when coming...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 21, 2019 | Commentary, Making Education News
So, are laptops in the classroom “a lifeline” or a distraction that also negatively affects note-taking and learning? That’s a question on many researchers’ minds… In a 2014 study, researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer concluded that “,,, Even if laptops are...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact
It’s not rocket science to realize there might be downsides to some feel-good political measures, and yet they’re often met with applause, as in the case of these three: Recess Time: In the name of core subjects and standardized test prep, by 2008 at least 40% of U.S....
