by Carol A. Josel | Dec 31, 2025 | In The News, Quotable Quotes
~ Said Mark Twain on his 70th birthday: “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ~ And out of the mouths of little kids, with thanks to Answers to Life’s Big Questions, by Steve & Ruth Bennett: Question: “What cheers you up...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 20, 2025 | Carol A Josel
Once upon a time: During President Taft’s term, Congress passed the Republican-promised postal savings banks system, providing a secure savings option for the working class, immigrants, and children. Operational as of January 1, 1911, they boasted $3.4 billion in...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 6, 2025 | Academics, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Technology in Education
“What students remember most from school is rarely a test score. Ask them what made school matter, and they will tell you: Someone understood me. We figured something out together. My teacher believed I could do it.” ~ Educator Jessica Soloman FACT: K-12 education...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 21, 2025 | Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
1. According to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, peanut allergies fell 43% between 2017 and 2020, primarily because peanut products are being introduced to babies early on. 2. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s finance instructor Mary Fox Luquette says...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 7, 2025 | AI in Education News, Technology
Buyer Beware… Researchers out of MIT, Wellesley College, and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design tasked undergrad and graduate students to either write essays unaided or with the help of Artificial Intelligence, and found that: The students who relied on AI...
