by Carol A. Josel | Aug 11, 2015 | Making Education News
Virginia’s Fairfax County is home to one of the nation’s largest school districts and some 187,000 students. Like many other districts, however, it too is facing a financial crunch with a potentially maximum shortfall estimated to hit $80 million! That...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 10, 2015 | Making Education News
The Common Core-related online assessments have taken yet another hit. As you may already know, state participation in the PARCC has now dropped from 23 to 11, but now comes word that Connecticut is dropping the SBAC Common Core standardized test for all of its 11th...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 31, 2015 | Making Education News
1) The number of high school equivalency tests (GED) taken this year dropped by 50% and with a 62.8% pass rate, down from nearly 76% in 2013. 2) Currently, 70% of teachers assign homework that requires Internet and broadband access. 3) K-12 IT spending is expected to...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 17, 2015 | Making Education News
1) A recent survey of more than 30,000 teachers found that 89% were enthusiastic about teaching when starting out but only 15% still were today. Plus, 70% said they “often” feel their work is stressful, and 80% recently feel exhausted mentally and...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 16, 2015 | Making Education News
1. The federal government shelled out $3.3 billion to launch charter schools over the past 20 years but never monitored how those monies were spent. 2. The Common Core-aligned PARCC assessment will be 90 minutes shorter next year thanks to mounting opposition to...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 15, 2014 | Making Education News
1) Researchers studied nearly 200,000 children, ages birth through 17, from 2000 to 2011 and found that, overall, disabilities affected 8% of them by 2011–10% of low-income children and 6% of wealthy children. 2) According to the U.S. Government Accountability...
