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Renowned Alfie Kohn Says, “Educators, Start Asking Better Questions”

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...

A Statistical Glimpse at America’s Schools from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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...

A Sign of the Times: Teens’ Lack of Life Skills

by Carol A. Josel | Sep 12, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News

Ironically and at least according to the most recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, 87% of parents think they’re doing a decent job preparing their teens for the so-called real world; however, these stats paint a very different...

TD Ameritrade’s Latest “Young Money Survey”

by Carol A. Josel | Sep 10, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News

Many of us are concerned about money—spending it; saving it; having enough of it—hence this timely “Young Money Survey” which asked millennials and GenZers about their money habits and attitudes… On average, our 15- through 21-year-olds expect to be financially...

Henry “Fonzie” Winkler on Dyslexia, Writing, and Learning

by Carol A. Josel | Sep 4, 2019 | In The News, Making News

Much has changed for Henry Winkler since his award-winning stint as Fonzie on “Happy Days.” Along with actor, his resume now includes producer, director, and, yes, author, too. And yet, when his agent suggested he write a book, he had said quite simply, “I can’t do...
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