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...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 25, 2013 | Making Education News
Across the U.S. and all occupations, there are 3.6 people for every one job. In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields, there’s one person for every 1.9 jobs. In Texas, more than 35 days of the 180 are spent in testing. American students are in...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 19, 2013 | Making Education News
Obama’s NCLB waivers, while relieving its accountability requirements still mandate high-stakes testing, thus raising test scores into an end unto themselves. Although only Nebraska, Vermont, and Montana have yet to request or been granted NCLB waivers, only 12...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 16, 2013 | Making Education News
The latest MetLife Survey of the American Teacher finds that teacher satisfaction has declined since 2008 from 62% to 39%. Moreover, 51% report feeling under pressure several days a week, up from 36% in 1985. Last year, 954,070 students took an AP exam, and about 20%...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 4, 2013 | Making Education News
When Arne Duncan became education secretary, he vowed to close or revamp 1,000 schools a year for 5 years. The result: activists across the country recently converged on the U.S. Department of Education demanding that the shutdowns be stopped. North Dakota has merged...
