by Carol A. Josel | May 23, 2025 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Looking Back at History
Did you know that… As the Civil War wound down, the Confederate Army turned Charleston’s fancy Washington Racecourse & Jockey Club into a makeshift prison to house captured Union soldiers. Of those, 260 died and were quickly buried in a mass grave behind the...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 22, 2025 | Academics, Articles, Carol A Josel, Making Education News
As Washington Post’s Peter Stevenson put it, “If there is one comparison you never make, it’s comparing someone to Hitler. It just isn’t done because almost no one in history was as bad as Hitler was.” Or, so you’d think, but… Seems a number of politicians,...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
Amy Rock, Campus Safety’s Executive Editor, and Education Week’s Mark Lieberman report that, between 2013 and 2019, public school enrollment rose right there along with the rest of the U.S. population—until the pandemic took a sledgehammer to the numbers....
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 20, 2024 | Articles, Guest Blog, Parenting
Don’t Wonder How to Start Family Discussions. Find Out Here. Guest Blog by Jean Tracy, founder of kidsdiscuss.com Parents are like gardeners nurturing a young plant, ensuring it grows strong and healthy. Conversations at home are like sunlight and water—vital for your...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 11, 2024 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Commentary, Making News
Legalized recreational marijuana jumped from zero to 24 states and D.C., with more sure to follow. The big holdout: the federal government–at least for now. After all, pot’s one helluva money-maker, adding $20 billion to state coffers since markets...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 23, 2024 | Academics, Articles, Carol A Josel, Parenting
Dear Parents, Ready or not, it’s upon us… Retailers got started way back on July 4 with early back-to-school sales, and many took full advantage, while others are still getting the job done, shopping, filling bookbags, and readying everything for day one of the...