by Carol A. Josel | Aug 3, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
** Clark County School District—our 5th largest—has joined such states as California and Virginia in moving toward “equitable grading.” Though it can take different forms, it’s said to give students more chances to prove their mastery of a subject...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2023 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
There never seems to be enough of the green stuff to go around, and sometimes songs are written about it, like Abba’s “Money, Money, Money,” which starts off with: “I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to payAin’t it...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 29, 2023 | Academics, Making Education News
On top of their disappointing reading and math performances on the 2022 NAEP–the National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the nation’s report card–now comes students’ poor showing on the history component. About that, says Peggy Carr,...
by Carol A. Josel | May 4, 2023 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied– chains us all irrevocably.” ~ Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard Having given them up, my father early on and endlessly drilled...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 29, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
In February 2022, the National Institute on Retirement Security looked into “Americans’ Views of Public School Teachers and Personnel in the Wake of Covid-19” and found that, among respondents: 83% worry about staff shortages; 81% are concerned about staff burnout;...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 14, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services says that 20% of our children and adolescents will experience some type of mental health problem, and yet a March 28, 2022 Education Week Special Report revealed that… More than 5.4 million U.S. public school...
