by Carol A. Josel | Feb 3, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “Modern research indicates that more areas of the brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard. We’re not thinking this through. It’s beyond belief that states have allowed cursive to slip from the...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 30, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “Often ignored is the importance of the civic mission of schools–schools’ role in preparing students to be active and engaged citizens in their communities and the world. Our country’s founders viewed education as a cornerstone to our...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 9, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “Teaching materials aligned with the controversial national educational standards ask fifth graders to edit such sentences as ‘The president makes sure the laws of the country are fair,’ ‘The wants of an individual are less important than...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 25, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “There is an obsession with bad teachers. It is destroying the teaching profession.” ~ Diane Ravitch, education historian ** “Right now we have a misalignment. Testing now has replaced instruction, and that’s a bad place for us to...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 18, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “In an American society that values originality and creativity, it makes no sense to subject millions of students to ‘one-size-fits-all’ testing that inspires uniform skills and conformity.” ~ Katrin Park, former United Nations staff member...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 11, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “For years now, federal education policy has largely ignored the issue of poverty, with too many school reformers arguing that citing the effects of living in poverty as a big obstacle to achievement in schools is ‘an excuse.’ Schools, they say,...
