by Carol A. Josel | Mar 11, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making News, Parenting
Kids are hooked on screens, no doubt about it, with some spending hours on end playing video games–some 41% of boys and 21% of girls, and that prompted Oxford University to study the effects. Among the findings: Spending up to three hours a day has no effect,...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 4, 2020 | Commentary, Making Education News
Recently, author, speaker, and consultant Mike Schmoker’s took on current literacy programs. He writes: A cautionary tale: Not long ago, I was assisting a school district that had adopted a prominently endorsed literacy program. Our work began with a review of...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 2, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Talk about scary news: As of March 2: The coronavirus had spread to more than 60 countries. More than 85,000 have been infected worldwide. It is responsible for some 3,000 deaths, more than 2,800 in Mainland China So, what exactly is a coronavirus and how did it get...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 18, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact
A reminder of the magic that is in all of us—and the potential to be more than we ever thought… Your brain weighs about three pounds—about 2% of your total body weight. A computer with the capacity of your brain would be 100 stories tall and cover the entire state of...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 9, 2020 | Articles, Helpful Resources
With thanks to Dr. Kevin E. Kessler, am sharing this press release about A+ Academy’s one-of-a-kind, year-long learning opportunity for high schoolers aboard the world’s oldest, fully rigged tall ship, the Norwegian Sorlandet. It sails to 20 cities in 14...
