by Carol A. Josel | Sep 14, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“No Child Left Behind requires tests in math and reading at the end of the school year in grades 3 and 8 and once in high school. The Common Core will test more subjects and in more grade levels, and additional tests given during the school year. There may also...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 12, 2012 | Articles, Quotable Quotes
www.scholastic.com/studentreasures/ ~ This site’s “Publish It” will publish a hardcover book for an entire class’s work, as well as for individual students in grades K-6. It will also publish the individual works of middle schoolers....
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 10, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
On the soon-to-be-released film Won’t Back Down with Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhall: “I cred several times despite knowing that this movie was funded by charter school privatizers seeking fistfuls of dwindling education dollars. I cried despite knowing...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 7, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“The push for reform has emerged from a growing bipartisan consensus–joined by the Obama administration–that the old advancement model based on tenure and seniority wasn’t always working, with union-negotiated agreements viewed as sometimes...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 3, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“One reason for the teacher frustration is that the state’s [Virginia] math gurus have de-emphasized memorization of ‘conceptual thinking.’ The same philosophy has crept into English classes, where ‘creativity’ has been elevated...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 31, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“The push for reform has emerged from a growing bipartisan consensus–joined by the Obama administration–that the old advancement model based on tenure and seniority wasn’t always working, with union-negotiated agreements viewed as sometimes...
