by Carol A. Josel | Oct 11, 2017 | Making Education News
A survey of 5,000 students conducted by Charlotte Robertson, co-founder of Digital Awareness UK, certainly meets my good news standard. It turns out that many kids are now saying enough is enough when it comes to Facebook and its similarly fetching social media...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 17, 2017 | Making Education News
A recent New Year’s poll conducted by Associated Press-Times Square Alliance made some fascinating discoveries. Among them: Just 18% said things got better for the country in 2016; 33% said things got worse; and 47% said nothing had changed since 2015. 55%...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 21, 2016 | Articles, Making Education News
With thanks to Naomi Nix and her article, “Student Test Scores Are on the Rise. Does That Mean Common Core is Working,” a few quoted differences of opinion: The trend in our state and across the country is clear: Higher standards are translating into...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 29, 2016 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
The education publishing company Scholastic surveyed 3,694 teachers (including 76 school librarians) and 1,027 principals this past summer and found that a majority feel their students, both low- and high-poverty, face barriers to learning outside of the classroom. To...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 14, 2016 | Academics, Commentary, Making Education News
All along, the powers that be have said American kids come in either above or below the all-mighty grade level mark when it comes to academic performance–but not apparently on it. Really. Meanwhile, it was also determined that just 5% to 15% of our students...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 12, 2016 | Academics, Commentary, Making Education News
The special report, “Rewarding Failure,” starts off by saying, “With growing evidence that the nation’s cyber charter schools are plagued by serious academic and management problems, Education Week conducted a months-long investigation into...
