by Carol A. Josel | Jul 9, 2013 | Making Education News
1. A National Council on Teacher Quality found that annual teacher pay increases dropped from 3.6% in 2008-09 to 1.3% in 2011-12. 2. U.S. unemployment remains at 7.5%, with only 50% of young blacks in their 20s holding a job. 3. In the past 2 school years, 40...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 4, 2013 | Making Education News
1. Just so you know: The U.S. boasted 1/3 of all high-performing students in both reading and science among the OCED nations–far more than our next closest competitor Japan. On math, we claimed 14% of the high performers, with Japan coming in at 15.2% and South...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 2, 2013 | Making Education News
1) The $650 million (“i3) grant competition awarded up to $50 million to each of 49 recipients in 2010. 2) On the NAEP in economics, 43% of high schoolers scored at the “proficient” level or above. The breakdown: 53% of whites, 26% of Hispanics, and...
by Carol A. Josel | May 21, 2013 | Making Education News
According to an UCLA survey, 87.9% of freshmen this year said “being able to get a better job” is an important reason to go to college. Between 2005 and 2011, 45 states increased the number of 8th graders taking Algebra I. Nevertheless, states that...
by Carol A. Josel | May 16, 2013 | Making Education News
Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget boosts Education Department funding to $71.2 billion in a $3.8 trillion budget. That’s $3.1 billion more than it received in 2012–despite the sequester. Although Education Secretary Arne Duncan predicted that the Common...
by Carol A. Josel | May 14, 2013 | Making Education News
A SmartBrief on EdTech poll found that 60% of respondents said their districts use technology as part of instruction or assessment in all core subjects. The 27% who do so in math primarily use such tools as clickers and interactive white boards. A 2012 Innosight...
