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Joel Westheimer to Parents: “Forget the Worksheets”

by Carol A. Josel | Apr 8, 2020 | Articles, Quotable Quotes

And just who is Joel Westheimer and to tell us to scrap all those worksheets coming into homes everywhere during these hunkered down, shuttered schools, Twilight Zone-like days?  A man in the know, that’s who. Professor Westheimer is University Research Chair in...

A Timely Social Media Alert

by Carol A. Josel | Apr 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact

Before COVID-19 became the grim story of the day, every day, Common Sense Media surveyed young people about social media and found that:   56% said tech and social media “are tearing us apart more than they are bringing people together.” About 25% agreed...

Education Week & the Quality Counts Education-Wise State Ratings: How’d Yours Do?

by Carol A. Josel | Apr 1, 2020 | Articles

From the time before we closed our schools and hunkered down against COVID-19, fearful and cautious, this Quality Counts report card was published on how the states fare when it comes to schooling, rating them on three categories: Chance for Success School Finance...

Schooling’s Piece of the $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package: A Glimpse

by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News

The good news is that yesterday, in a bi-partisan move, senators passed the largest stimulus package in American history to the tune of $2.2 trillion, offering much-needed financial aid to health care systems, workers, and businesses—and that includes our nation’s...

USA Today Lends Us A Flu and COVID-19 Pandemic Perspective

by Carol A. Josel | Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News

   With thanks to USA Today and Kurt Snibbe of the Southern California News Group, some facts and figures to remind us that, we can, indeed, weather this… After all, we’re in this together, so should stick together, follow all guidelines and stop pointing...
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