by Carol A. Josel | Jul 25, 2013 | Making Education News
1. More than one million students across the country have participated in a pilot of the math and English/language arts SBAC and PARCC Common Core standardized tests to help prepare teachers for when they really count. 2. The Next Generation Science Standards have...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 17, 2013 | Making Education News
The Common Core Standards have been adopted by 46 states and D.C. and will be in place by 2014. They will require that nonfiction texts represent 50% of elementary reading assignments and 70% by grade 12–much to the concern of many English teachers who must...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 30, 2012 | Making Education News
The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in the almost 1,000 impoverished schools in 18 states and D.C. The U.S. Department of Education is sending more than $24 million to 22...
