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...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Making Education News, Making News
Private school vouchers hark back to President George W. Bush and his signing of the D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003, thus creating the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. As a result, numerous low-income families received funding to make up for the cost of...
by Carol A. Josel | May 22, 2019 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Commentary
Honor them well… We’re within days of the Memorial Day weekend—and the unofficial start of summer—with most of us hoping to lay back, relax, and possibly fire up the grill, or maybe even head to the shore or the mountains. Three whole days away from alarm clocks,...
by Carol A. Josel | May 8, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Making News
One would think that a parent walking into their child’s school would want to make a good impression and dress accordingly. We are, after all, judged, at least in part, on appearance and first impressions count. Well, some folks apparently don’t see it that way,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 4, 2019 | Articles
And so it begins: a new year, a chance to re-evaluate, keep some newly-minted promises, and make kindness and gratitude mainstays of our lives. There is, after all, much to be thankful for—yes, even in this conflict-driven culture we’ve created for ourselves whose...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 30, 2018 | Articles
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self,” said renowned author Aldous Huxley, so what are you waiting for? A new year beckons, full of promise and hope. Crush it with goal setting and be resolute moving...
