by Carol A. Josel | Sep 24, 2019 | Articles, Making Education News
Renowned author, lecturer, and progressive education proponent, Alfie Kohn says, “Many questions in education, for example, take for granted the inevitability of traditional practices. That means our job is to challenge the question’s hidden premises. ‘Wait,’ we might...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 10, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
Many of us are concerned about money—spending it; saving it; having enough of it—hence this timely “Young Money Survey” which asked millennials and GenZers about their money habits and attitudes… On average, our 15- through 21-year-olds expect to be financially...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Parents, make your voices heard because schools have embraced tech big-time, with a lot of reform and financial encouragement from politicians, tech folks, and textbook publishers, too. Take the $8.5 billion textbook giant Pearson’s recent shift from print to digital,...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 7, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Parents, make your voices heard because schools have embraced tech big-time, with a lot of reform and financial encouragement from politicians, tech folks, and textbook publishers, too. Take the $8.5 billion textbook giant Pearson’s recent shift from print to digital,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 24, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
Public trust in government is reportedly at an all-time low, and we’re more polarized than ever on everything from the climate and immigration to guns and healthcare. Even the Electoral College is under fire, and criticism of the Supreme Court at times runs high....
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 17, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Summer is barely half over, but already back-to-school sales are flooding the marketplace, with store shelves brimming with school-related goodies, everything from binders and notebook paper to pens, pencils, and backpacks. Indeed, Deloitte projects that overall K-12...
