by Carol A. Josel | Oct 16, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Making News
Admission: I lit my first cigarette in 7th grade, thrilling to the grown-up feel of it all, as it fed my rebellious side. In other words, I’m in no position to judge kids who light up nowadays, though I pray they never do. What I don’t get at all, however, is the...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 14, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, Making News
You can’t make this stuff up… Shakespeare finds himself on the progressive chopping block, as 8th grade English teacher and former Teach for America hire Christina Torres writes, “As I’ve grown as an educator, I’ve begun to question the merit and relevance of the...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 9, 2019 | Interesting Facts, Making Education News, Making News
Ed tech continues to change schooling—and our kids too, though maybe not altogether for the good: More than 35,000 Mississippi kindergartners—about 64%–didn’t meet the state’s readiness guidelines, and those who spent the 2017-18 school year in Head Start scored...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 1, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making News
Bob Garfield co-host of WNYC’s “On the Media,” is also co-organizer of the Purple Project for Democracy. Back when we were celebrating the 4th of July this summer, his “Rekindle Our Faith in Democratic Ideals” appeared in USA Today, and is excerpted here. I hope you...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 16, 2019 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Definitely worth taking look and giving it all some thought… Of our 133,853 schools in the 2015-16 school year: Elementary: 88,665 Secondary: 26,986 Combined: 16,511 Other: 691 Of those… Traditional public: 92,147 Public charter: 7,011 Private: 34,576 About our...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 12, 2019 | In The News, Interesting Facts, Making News
Ironically and at least according to the most recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, 87% of parents think they’re doing a decent job preparing their teens for the so-called real world; however, these stats paint a very different...
