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 8, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
We all said 2021 would be different than locked down 2020. Vaccines were coming on the scene, the world reopened, and life as we knew it would be ours again. Except it isn’t… Districtadministrator.com’s Mark Zalaznicki, in his September 28 piece, “School...
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 | Apr 15, 2019 | Academics, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
You’ve just gotta love the lofty titles of Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act, (ESSA), and its predecessor, Bush’s 2001’s No Child Left Behind, or NCLB—as if a 100% success rate were ever doable. No stragglers, no one bringing up the rear, no one back there at...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 8, 2019 | Academics, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
Ed tech continues to change schooling, with devices and online programs nowadays taking front and center, not the teacher. That is most certainly the case with personalized learning, the latest education reform buzzword. Although touted by proponents as learning’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 29, 2016 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
The education publishing company Scholastic surveyed 3,694 teachers (including 76 school librarians) and 1,027 principals this past summer and found that a majority feel their students, both low- and high-poverty, face barriers to learning outside of the classroom. To...
