by Carol A. Josel | Sep 15, 2014 | Articles
** “As passed by Congress, the legislation language for Race to the Top invited states to put forward detailed plans to improve data systems, adopt ‘career-and-college ready’ standards and tests, hire great teachers and principals, and turn around...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 24, 2014 | Articles
It is the second biggest shopping spree of the year, bested only by the winter holidays. It’s also about the longest. That’s because, for months now, stores such as JCP, Target, Staples, and Kohl’s have been hawking their back-to-school deals with such catchy...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 25, 2014 | Articles
The mantra growing up in my house wasn’t to get straight “As” or the biggest trophy, or, for that matter to be the happiest, winningest kid on the block. No, it was, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Oh, how the times have changed since my early...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 18, 2014 | Articles
The other day, I went Internet exploring about the dos and don’ts of parenting prompted by a scene I witnessed at a seven-year-old kid’s drop-off birthday party. Not all invitees were seven, however. Two were younger and two were older—all either neighbors or...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 25, 2014 | Articles
With the expansion of student and school data collection and its use: Teachers in 35 states can now access student information via secure websites or portals, up from 28 in 2011. Currently, parents in 14 states can access their children’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 23, 2014 | Articles
In the good old days, when a kid misbehaved—shoved another child, disrupted a class, pointed his finger and said, “Bang!”—the result was a sit down with the parents and principal, along with a subsequent detention or two or three. Then came 1994 when Congress, in an...
