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Americans Turn Thumbs-Down on Teaching Careers

by Carol A. Josel | Aug 30, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News, Research Results

   A 2020 piece by Allison Sadler in The New York Post listed Parents’ Career Wishes for Their Children: STEM: 39% Healthcare & Wellness: 33% Food: 26% Environment: 24% Accounting & Finance: 23% Business & Sales: 22% Construction: 21% Sport: 21%...

Smart School Supplies Shopping Tips

by Carol A. Josel | Aug 18, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting

  “Families consider back-to-school and college items as an essential category.” ~ Matthew Shay, NFP President & CEO Make no mistake about it: Happy about it or not, school bells are about to ring, and back-to-school shopping again uppermost on the minds of...

8 Summertime K-12 News Items Not to Be Missed from Learning Loss to Burned Out Teachers

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 29, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News, Parenting

*** The Government Accountability Office report found that: 64% of teachers said they had more students make less academic progress during the pandemic than in a typical school year. 45% of teachers had at least 50% of their students behind academically when school...

Teachers: Inspiring, Par for the Course, or Just Plain Second-Rate?

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 22, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting, Teacher Quote

  “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ~ William A. Ward. Researchers at the University of Maryland and Harvard recently analyzed 54 teachers randomly assigned to classrooms...

9 Tips to Get Your Kid Ready and Well-Organized for Another School Year

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 18, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting

  In my carefree kid days, homework was often left behind—sometimes on my desk, in my unmade bed, or even under it, falling victim to the morning rush. And, yes, I usually left assignments for the last minute—when I remembered them at all.  Made my grades suffer and...

The Day after the Fourth of July, 2022…

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 5, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, In The News

  I’m a talker, some would call me a chatterbox, always with something to say or add to a conversation. Not so much today, however… I learned to love America right from the start from my immigrant father who, as a 14-year-old boy, survived the Turkish led Armenian...
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