by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News
The students chant: “No Summit! No Summit” echoed across McPherson Middle School’s campus on a recent, cold January afternoon. The reason: Facebook’s ChanZuckerberg Initiative’s Summit Learning. Said 7th grader Drake Madden, “It’s a learning program that is supposed...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 10, 2017 | Articles
WITH THANKS TO THE NETWORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION & DIANE RAVITCH: I earlier posted Steven Singer’s account of being blocked by Facebook when he tried to post a criticism of school choice. The Network for Public Education tried to post an ad critical of school...
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...
