by Carol A. Josel | Jul 10, 2016 | Commentary
The following insights come with thanks to Laura L. Carstensen, the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity writing for Time Magazine’s June 27, 2016 issue. Entitled, “What millennials already know about growing up,” she highlights findings on...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 5, 2016 | Commentary
Here’s one more reason–and a very convincing one–why parents should make their kids put down their electronic devices and get their kids moving. The research also has implications for schools and their government-sponsored obsession with data and...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 5, 2016 | Commentary
Sure it’s summer and classrooms are empty for now, but it’s still worth taking note that, every year it seems our kids are staying away from school in droves. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection’s 2016...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 30, 2016 | Articles
Some time before schools had shut their doors on the 2015-16 school year, the U.S. Department of Education’s 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection’s 2016 update reported that over 6.5 million kids had been “chronically absent.” In other words, they missed 15 or...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 17, 2016 | Making Education News
As reported by Nick Anderson, on the retooled SAT, the emphasis is on measuring “core skills taught in school, such as reading charts, analyzing evidence and applying algebra in mathematical problems.” One caveat, though: “It turns out that the new...
