by Carol A. Josel | Oct 9, 2016 | Making Education News
With thanks to a recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital survey of our greatest child-health concerns, here are the top 5 out of 10 by race/ethnicity: White Adults: Obesity Bullying Drug Abuse Internet Safety Stress Black Adults: Bullying Racial Inequities School...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 28, 2016 | Making Education News
With thanks to Education Week’s Lovey Cooper, here are the absentee numbers and where they’re the highest, based on research by Johns Hopkins University’s Robert Balfanz and Hedy N. Change, director of Attendance Works: Their analysis,...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 22, 2016 | Making Education News
With thanks to Education Week, these poll responses speak volumes about the Common Core, their related online assessments, and the billions spent to implement them–all to very mixed reviews. Your tax dollars at work… Question: “Are standards...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 17, 2016 | Making Education News
As reported by Nick Anderson, on the retooled SAT, the emphasis is on measuring “core skills taught in school, such as reading charts, analyzing evidence and applying algebra in mathematical problems.” One caveat, though: “It turns out that the new...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 26, 2016 | Making Education News
1) The newly passed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes up 1,016 pages, whereas the original Elementary & Secondary Art of 1965 was just 32 pages long. 2) When asked how optimistic ASCD readers are that ESSA will help failing schools and help close the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 6, 2016 | Making Education News
A few noteworthy happenings in education: 1. As of December 10, the Every Student Succeed Act replaced the No Child Left Behind Law of 2001. 2. Under ESSA, all those hard-won Arne Duncan/Obama state waivers will be null and void as of August 1, 2016 when ESSA is fully...
