by Carol A. Josel | Aug 22, 2012 | Helpful Resources
www.littlewritebrain.com ~ Here, children can write and publish their own stories; indeed, the site calls itself “the #1 online storybook creation service.” www.nationalgeographic.com ~ This National Geographic site offers a “classroom magazine for...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 21, 2012 | Making Education News
The top performer on the 2009 PISA was Shanghai, China with a score of 556, while America’s 500 was largely unchanged from previous years. However, Asian-Americans came in second with a 541, and white Americans came in sixth with a score of 525....
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 20, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“The lines between home and school are continuing to blur with more expections for schools to exercise authority in areas perivously reserved for parents.” ~ Max Riley, Superintendent, New Jersey’s Randolph School District “We’ve failed...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 22, 2011 | Articles
Food has been under attack of late—on TV, in the papers, and no more than on the school-front. The reasons speak for themselves: • One-third of our children/adolescents are either overweight or obese, thus putting them at higher risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 12, 2010 | Articles
The kindergarten controversy is not about to go away any time soon, as, more and more, school districts across the country turn the “children’s garden” into a full-day affair, complete with reading, writing, arithmetic, and testing, too. In other words, the new first...
