by Carol A. Josel | Jul 29, 2014 | Making Education News
1. ACT, Inc. has made only minor changes to its test but will include a STEM score based on the math and science sections, an English language score based on its English, reading, and writing tests, a “progress toward career-readiness score,” and a...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 23, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Findthebest.com finds that New York state spends the most per student with an average of $21,168, while Utah spends the least at $7,388. 2. According to FLN, 96% of respondents were familiar with the term “flipped learning,” up from 73% in 2012, and 75%...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 22, 2014 | Making Education News
1. Obama’s 2015 budget includes $120 million to create safe schools and intervene early on in the early lives of troubled children. $25 million is for violent-prone schools, and $50 million is to train staff in violence- and bullying-reducing strategies. 2....
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 16, 2014 | Making Education News
1) Overall, teachers in the largest metropolitan areas were at school 94% of their scheduled hours–but 16% of them were chronically absent, missing 18 or more school days a year. Another 16% missed just 3 or fewer days. 2) A Gallup poll of about 1,900...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 15, 2014 | Making Education News
1. In a case brought by 9 students, a California judge has thrown out key state laws governing tenure and other teacher job protections because the current system discriminates against low-income and minority students by giving them ineffective teachers. 2. The two...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 9, 2014 | Making Education News
1. The U.S. has the second-highest level of child poverty among 35 economically advanced countries–23% vs. Finland’s 5.3%. 2. Students and graduate students now owe more than $1 trillion in education loans, putting it right behind the housing debt. 3. ...
