by Carol A. Josel | Oct 5, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Making Education News
Jeremy Adams, a high school and college political science teacher in Bakersfied, recently crafted a piece about high school reading in the tech age, and so, with thanks, here are a few excerpts worth reading: Most of us who grew up in the United States before the...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 3, 2019 | Articles, In The News
Introducing Ben Sasse America 2019: Lots of noise, little wisdom, sides taken, no room for dialogue or compromise. Nowadays, you’ve got a beef, take to social media and rant and/or take to the streets and shout till you’re hoarse… Enter a voice a reason, and whatever...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 30, 2019 | Carol A Josel
The numbers are in: American students and teachers spend a lot more time in school than their counterparts in the 46 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) member countries. According to the report … The typical American student spends 8,884...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 24, 2019 | Articles, Making Education News
Renowned author, lecturer, and progressive education proponent, Alfie Kohn says, “Many questions in education, for example, take for granted the inevitability of traditional practices. That means our job is to challenge the question’s hidden premises. ‘Wait,’ we might...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 16, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Definitely worth taking look and giving it all some thought… Of our 133,853 schools in the 2015-16 school year: Elementary: 88,665 Secondary: 26,986 Combined: 16,511 Other: 691 Of those… Traditional public: 92,147 Public charter: 7,011 Private: 34,576 About our...
