by Carol A. Josel | Jan 31, 2026 | 2024 NAEP test results, Academics, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Obama's Common Core Standards, Research Results, Technology in Education
AI’s take: “Essentially, the intense focus on basic reading and math skills, driven by federal accountability laws, created a practical need for more digestible, shorter informational texts in other subjects…” President Bush’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 15, 2019 | Academics, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
You’ve just gotta love the lofty titles of Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act, (ESSA), and its predecessor, Bush’s 2001’s No Child Left Behind, or NCLB—as if a 100% success rate were ever doable. No stragglers, no one bringing up the rear, no one back there at...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 6, 2016 | Making Education News
A few noteworthy happenings in education: 1. As of December 10, the Every Student Succeed Act replaced the No Child Left Behind Law of 2001. 2. Under ESSA, all those hard-won Arne Duncan/Obama state waivers will be null and void as of August 1, 2016 when ESSA is fully...