by Carol A. Josel | Oct 5, 2015 | Articles
Under President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, billions of tax dollars have been spent “reforming” public education. Their efforts include the Race to the Top ($4.35 billion all by itself), charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, the Common...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 29, 2015 | Articles
Those yellow school buses are rolling again, and, in many cases, that translates into many parents having to drag their older kids out of bed—sometimes long before the sun has had a chance to rise. The reason: early school start times, coupled with the fact that most...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 29, 2015 | Articles
Know the signs and become part of the solution. Dreamstime #14914661 On September 20, a nineteen-year-old boy rode a Philadelphia hotel elevator up to the fourth floor and got out. He then grabbed hold of a nearby trashcan, used it to break the window at the end of...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 28, 2015 | Articles
There are school-related bargains to be had even now. 123rf #7492635 If you can’t beat them, join them—at least that’s what loads of retailers are hoping you’ll do this back-to-school season, and the earlier the better. Advertising circulars are already flooding...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 22, 2015 | Articles
.…An end, not because we’re abstaining but because technology in our smarter and smarter cars is going to one day take away the option of putting our foot on the gas pedal when intoxicated. Personal responsibility assumed by a machine… The research represents a...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 4, 2015 | Articles
For the Making Caring Common Project, Harvard University surveyed some 10,000 middle and high school students from 33 schools across the country in 2013 and 2014. They also interviewed hundreds of parents, and the results may very well trouble you and force you out of...
