by Carol A. Josel | Jun 18, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
The National Center for Learning Disabilities and Understood.org teamed up and surveyed 1,350 teachers and also put together focus groups, looked at teacher certification requirements, and analyzed how best to teach students with mild to moderate disabilities. These...
by Carol A. Josel | May 29, 2019 | Academics, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Like it or not… Despite the push for tech skills in our K-12 schools, what’s really in demand by employers are so-called soft skills. These include oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, problem-solving, empathy and organization. The number...
by Carol A. Josel | May 27, 2019 | In The News, Quotable Quotes
Best-selling author Daniel Pink: “Want better academic performance from your students?” Give ‘em frickin’ recess!” Pledging $40 million, billionaire tech investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith to the Morehouse College graduating class of 2019: “My family is going...
by Carol A. Josel | May 22, 2019 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Commentary
Honor them well… We’re within days of the Memorial Day weekend—and the unofficial start of summer—with most of us hoping to lay back, relax, and possibly fire up the grill, or maybe even head to the shore or the mountains. Three whole days away from alarm clocks,...
by Carol A. Josel | May 8, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Making News
One would think that a parent walking into their child’s school would want to make a good impression and dress accordingly. We are, after all, judged, at least in part, on appearance and first impressions count. Well, some folks apparently don’t see it that way,...
