by Carol A. Josel | Sep 8, 2025 | Academics, Education reform, Making Education News
As grades and graduation rates keep rising … About Equitable Grading policies—such as no zeros, no penalties for late work, unlimited test/quiz retakes, no credit for completed assignments, and none for class participation—a Rand Corporation/Fordham Institute...
by Carol A. Josel | May 21, 2025 | Carol A Josel, Education reform, Making Education News, Reading Wars
AS IT STANDS TODAY Reportedly, 75% of our elementary schools currently use basals, filled with short stories that DON’T gradually get harder, thus making pacing difficult. To date, at least 8 states have introduced or passed bills that aim to end the teaching of...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 12, 2025 | Academics, Bush's No Child Left Behind, Carol A Josel, Education reform, Kindergarten now the new first grade, Making Education News, Obama's Common Core Standards
REMINDER: George W. Bush’s 2002 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) claimed it “has raised expectations and improved results.” REMINDER: NCLB’s follow-up, the Barack Obama/secretary of Education Arne Duncan ’s July 24, 2009, $4.35 billion Race to the Top and June 2, 2010...
