by Carol A. Josel | Jul 20, 2010 | Academics
Many of us believe that failure is highly underrated, that inherent in a dismal showing are lessons to be learned. But in a number of districts across the country, failure’s reach is limited by design. For instance, many Texas districts establish minimum grades...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 2, 2010 | Articles
Parenting: doing it right is uppermost in everyone’s mind and don’t authors and booksellers know it! So do all our well-meaning friends and relatives who shower us with free advice, complete with oft-told old wives’ tales. Never sure whether or not to subscribe...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 2, 2010 | Articles
Info 101: Common Core Standards and the Race to the Top Competition Making schools better with national standardsAfter taking more than a year to develop and built on a foundation of previously established college and career-readiness standards, the Common Core State...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 1, 2010 | Academics
In the good old days, the top grade earner in any given senior class, in any given year, was always #1–a singular distinction that came with the title valedictorian. Come in second and be named salutatorian. But these are new days and the old rules apparently...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 15, 2010 | Articles
It’s worrying just about everybody. The writing skills of today’s students, that is. Blame it on the death of letter writing and thank you notes; blame it on emailing and instant messaging; blame it on lack of practice and caring. Whatever you come up with, we’ve got...
