by Carol A. Josel | Jan 21, 2013 | Articles, Quotable Quotes
The critical determinant of growth in achievement is not how smart you are but how motivated you are and how you study . . . Finding ways to motivate students and teaching them study skills may be a critical way to help them progress in math and other subjects.”...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 9, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“Although many progressive educators decry what they call ‘drill and kill’ (kill students’ love of learning, that is), rapid mental retrieval of basic facts is a prerequisite for doing more complex and more interesting kinds of math. The only...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 17, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“At the elementary level, [value-added] is a pretty reliable measure in terms of predicting how teachers will perform the following year. At the high school level, it is quite a bit less reliable, so the score for using this to improve student outcomes is much...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 10, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“What happens in childhood, like a child’s footprint in wet cement, leaves its mark forever.” ~ Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, director, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study “As the Common Core makes its way into real-life classrooms, I hope teachers...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 3, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“There is nothing startling about the confirmation that the higher the income of the test-taker’s family, the better the chances for success. It has been that way since this examination [SAT] was first established in 1926 to screen applicants for elite Ivy...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 26, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. ‘Over the next few years,’ he said in a speech at the National Press Club, ‘textbooks should be obsolete.’ In their place would come a variety of...
