by Carol A. Josel | Feb 24, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making News
It appears that the society progressives have dreamed of for some time is upon us, as many Americans now value dependence over independence and responsibility, socialism over capitalism, and, along their way happily casting their votes for Bernie Sanders, who is now...
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 12, 2020 | Academics, In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News, Making News
Would love to know your take on the following… Writing about the J.Lo and Shakira half-time performance, USA Today columnist Gil Smart wrote: “I’m an old coot. I’ll take the musicianship of the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, and Bruno Mars...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 2, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News
Personalized learning has been a centerpiece of the move to individualize instruction and learning for years now, with many schools embracing it. Question is: Should they? Take Oklahoma’s Hinton High School which, two years ago, embraced its promise, jumping on the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 22, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
When it comes to college… Two studies by the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research–the first of more than 40,000 students and the second on data from 9,500 faculty members—found that both groups prefer face-to-face, in-person instruction, over online...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 20, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Some call it progress… Thanks to President Bush’s No Child Left Behind, compounded by Obama’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top and Common Core State Standards, preschoolers are being taught to read, so they’re all ready for kindergarten, aka the “new first grade.” Nancy...
