by Carol A. Josel | Mar 13, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting, Research Results, Uncategorized
Devices rule. Students nowadays shuffle down crowded hallways, eyes glued to mobiles as they make their way to class and pile in, thumbs still tapping away. Settling in, they reach into bookbags, but, instead of a textbook and notebook, Chromebooks land on their...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 11, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Helpful Resources, Parenting, Quotable Quotes
Right off the bat: I’m Armenian—bless the Kardashians for giving the country name recognition—and fit the stereotype to a tee: olive skin, dark brown eyes and hair, and the proverbial big nose. Oh, old now and gray-haired. One summer, my family spent two weeks...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 6, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting
“The younger I was, the less I wanted to revise. Kids typically have the same taste for revisions as they do veggies. ~ Paul Fleishman, Newbury winner Correct wording, sentence structure, verb tense, spelling, comma usage, and on and on… Grammar and punctuation are...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 12, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary
Says the All Kids Bike Panel: “Kids and teens age 8 to 18 spend an average of more than seven hours a day looking at screens. The new warning from the AHA recommends parents limit screen time for kids to a maximum of just two hours per day. For younger children, age...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 29, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
What’s going on in our schools has many parents in a fury, starting with several library books, that, instead of us bringing us together, are further tearing us apart… The Young Adult Library Services division of the American Library Association helps decide what...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 22, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
*** Pressured by the teachers’ union, the Los Angeles School District never opened during the 2019-20 school year. At the same time, it demanded that teachers not teach remotely for more than four hours a day BUT receive their full pay. *** Almost 66% of students...
