by Carol A. Josel | Feb 18, 2020 | Articles, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact
A reminder of the magic that is in all of us—and the potential to be more than we ever thought… Your brain weighs about three pounds—about 2% of your total body weight. A computer with the capacity of your brain would be 100 stories tall and cover the entire state of...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 9, 2020 | A one-of-a-kind higher learning opportunity for high schoolers, AP classes and sailing aboard the Norwegian ship Sorlander, Articles, Helpful Resources, Press Release
With thanks to Dr. Kevin E. Kessler, am sharing this press release about A+ Academy’s one-of-a-kind, year-long learning opportunity for high schoolers aboard the world’s oldest, fully rigged tall ship, the Norwegian Sorlandet. It sails to 20 cities in 14...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 5, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
New York Times journalist Craig S. Smith’s recent “The Machines Are Learning and So Are the Students,” explains that artificial intelligence has found its way into the teaching life by taking over such mundane tasks as grading. It is, indeed, a brave new world, and,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 26, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death among 10- to 19-year-olds, and yet… While the National Institutes of Health spent $68 million last year on suicide, that was less than was spent on many other public health issues. For instance, kidney disease kills about...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 15, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Back in 1903, in Man and Superman, Irish playwright and political activist George Bernard Shaw wrote, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” And it stuck. Fast forward to 1977 when Haywood Allen, better known as director, writer, and actor Woody Allen, wrote, in...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 13, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
In a piece entitled, “The Biggest Trend in Teaching Today,” blogger Michael Sonbert suggests that, even if he gave you 50 guesses, you’d never guess what that big trend is… The biggest trend in teaching today, from someone who’s in dozens and dozens of schools,...
