by Carol A. Josel | Oct 29, 2022 | Articles
In Anxious People, author Fredrik Backman writes, “She could see winter making itself comfortable across the town. She liked the silence of this time of year but had never appreciated its smugness. When the snow arrives autumn has already done all the work, taking...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 19, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
The pandemic may be fading but not its academic aftereffects… **** According to Attendance Works, 16 million students missed at least 18 days of school in the 2021-21 school year, twice as many as before the pandemic. That means that 33% of kids were chronically...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 15, 2022 | Articles, In The News, Making Education News
As we hit mid-October—and somehow so quickly—heaters are already purring away, leaves are coloring up and drifting to the ground, and… ONE: She’s got two legs, is named Cassie, and she runs. Does she ever! Created by Oregon State University’s Agility Robotics,...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 7, 2022 | Articles
My big sister Valerie didn’t require bribes. Focused, hard-working, and artistic, to boot. Me? Not so much. A social being intent on pushing the envelope, I lit my first cigarette in 7th grade and nearly lost an eye lighting the damn thing when the tip went flying....
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 29, 2022 | Articles
Say October and my head fills with pictures of apples, pumpkins, and, of course, pumpkin pies, beer fests, Halloween trick-or-treating, chilling temps, and falling, swirling leaves. First, though, colorful changes, and the show that is about to begin… Well, sort...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 1, 2022 | Articles, Making Education News, Parenting
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” ~ Dr. Seuss Think of goals as resolutions, making one’s mind up to accomplish something of personal importance all wrapped up in one word. School-wise, it...