by Carol A. Josel | Sep 3, 2014 | Making Education News
1. For the one in 8 children born to a mother without a high school diploma, 84% live in low-income families, just 16% read proficiently by 8th grade, 40% don’t graduate on time, and 27% are obese. 2. Nearly 40% of 18- to 24-year-old Americans believe...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 2, 2014 | Making Education News
1. New Jersey Governor Christie has rolled back the impact of tests on teacher evaluations from 30% to 10% next year. 2. A new study finds that struggling first graders do significantly better when taught traditional math than progressive methods. 3. A move is afoot...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 27, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Four years ago, about 40 states were interested in the $370 million federally-funded online Common Core assessments. At least 17 have now backed away from them. 2. Of the 35 waiver-monitoring reports reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education, 17 states are...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2014 | Making Education News
1. 60 of America’s largest school districts are joining Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper Program” to improve the education futures of African-American and Latino boys from preschool to high school graduation. 2. The FCC has approved spending...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 20, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Four years ago, about 40 states were interested in the $370 million federally-funded online Common Core assessments. At least 17 have now backed away from them. 2. Of the 35 waiver-monitoring reports reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education, 17 states are...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 19, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Washington is the first state so far to lose its NCLB flexibility, and now the government has rejected all of its requests not to have to notify parents if their schools are not meeting AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) and allowing them to transfertheir kids to...
