by Carol A. Josel | Oct 23, 2014 | Helpful Resources
** www.coursera.org ~ This site has partnered with top universities and organizations in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free” and covers all subjects. ** http://home.edweb.net ~ This free social and profession network offers educators...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 20, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “Just when things can’t get any worse for kindergartners, they do. It used to be that kindergartners could play–which is how childhood development experts say young children learn and are socialized best. Today, 5- and 6-year-olds are forced to...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 16, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** www.edweb.com/amazon.html ~ Here students can “explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities.” ** www.sharemylesson.com ~ This site is “by teachers, for teachers,” offering, to date, more than 294,000...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 15, 2014 | Making Education News
1) Researchers studied nearly 200,000 children, ages birth through 17, from 2000 to 2011 and found that, overall, disabilities affected 8% of them by 2011–10% of low-income children and 6% of wealthy children. 2) According to the U.S. Government Accountability...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 13, 2014 | Articles
We’ve long held marijuana to be a “gateway drug,” but now lobby legislators to legalize its medicinal and recreational use, a la Washington and Colorado. And then, surprise, surprise, headlines such as: “Heroin a ‘growing epidemic’: Pennsylvania ‘cannot arrest its way...
