by Carol A. Josel | Apr 25, 2013 | Making Education News
Across the U.S. and all occupations, there are 3.6 people for every one job. In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields, there’s one person for every 1.9 jobs. In Texas, more than 35 days of the 180 are spent in testing. American students are in...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 11, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“America’s downfall doesn’t begin with the ‘low information voter.’ It starts with the no-knowledge student. For decades, collectivist agitators in our schools have chipped away at academic excellence in the name of fairness, diversity,...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 18, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“By all means, let us take a hard look at our national obsession with tests and scores and grades, and let us think more generously about what kinds of people we want our schools to develop. Part of such reconsideration would include a reclaiming of the full...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 14, 2013 | Making Education News
In addition to the Race to the Top for districts granting awards of $5 million to $40 million over 4 years to districts, the FY12 budget included Effective Teachers and Leaders State Grants of $2.5 billion. For the FY13 budget, the Title II Teacher Quality Grants are...
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...
