by Carol A. Josel | Oct 10, 2016 | Commentary
This goes under the heading, “You can’t make this stuff up!” You see, there’s a new man in town, but only sort of… Named Watson, “he’s” actually a computer platform created by IBM. Thanks to artificial-intelligence,...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 5, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “The federal government and the Washington D.C. groups behind Common Core don’t have records that inspire confidence. None of them can point to a program of theirs that has clearly improved student achievement in the past two decades. And in...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 8, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “I reject the idea that [accountability-based testing] forces people to cheat.” ~ Arne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary ** “In the years ahead, the burden will be on unions to develop policies rooted in information-era schools where student...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 13, 2012 | Making Education News
According to the Obama administration, 300,000 education jobs have been lost since 2009; for all this hope and change, he blames the Republicans, of course. With the recent addition of Nevada, 33 states have now received No Child Left Behind waivers from the Obama...