by Carol A. Josel | Oct 10, 2017 | Articles
WITH THANKS STEVEN SINGER AND DIANE RAVITCH: Steven Singer was blocked by Facebook for a week because of the post you are about to read. This post “violated community standards.” Steven Singer was censored by an algorithm. Or, Steven Singer was censored by the...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 18, 2017 | Articles
As you read on, keep these facts in mind: The 2015 Kids Count report found that children living in poverty jumped from 18% to 22% between 2008 and 2013. According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau, the child poverty rate among African-Americans was 39%. In 2103, 48% of...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 26, 2015 | Articles
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, charter schools are on the scene big time and here to stay. A favorite of the Obama administration and his on-the-way-out Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the federal government has so far given $3,352,841,281 in tax dollars, plus about $1.7...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 15, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** On online schools: “Like the charter schools, they have no busing costs, they have no transportation costs, there’s just a whole series of costs they don’t have. So the question is, why would we give them as much money as we give to traditional...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 12, 2013 | Making Education News
Currently, 20% of all men and 1/7 of all women between 20 and 24 lack a high school diploma, making it difficult for them to get good-paying jobs. About 38% of the $7.76 billion education-technology market goes to “instructional support.” Companies...
