by Carol A. Josel | Oct 7, 2025 | AI in Education News, Carol A Josel, Quotable Quotes, Technology in Education
Teachers embracing artificial intelligence call it a game-changer and time-saver. As a recent Gallup/Walton Family Foundation survey of 2,200 teachers nationwide found: 30% use AI weekly. 60% use AI to give students detailed feedback, create personalized lessons,...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 28, 2025 | Carol A Josel, Making Education News
A different kind of report card… Traditional public schools keep making headlines about everything from enrollment and absenteeism to teacher shortages, cell phones, and AI, so this summer, Gallup/PDK polled 1,005 adults and found that: ** 59% would likely...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 21, 2025 | Carol A Josel, Commentary
Act with kindness and, believer or not, in keeping with the Golden Rule, treat others as you want to be treated. It’s so simple, but in these name-calling, mean-spirited days, it’s left by the wayside. To counter all that, please give a listen to Louis M....
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 15, 2025 | Carol A Josel, Commentary, Quotable Quotes
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” ~ Josh Billings, 19th century humorist & lecturer Thanks to Home at Last Rescue, I got me one–a dog named, of all things, Twinkle, but that didn’t last long. Within days, she was...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 6, 2025 | Academics, AI in Education News, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Technology in Education
“Funding uncertainty, budget constraints, and a move toward paring down inventories of educational technology are top of mind for many district officials… Despite these downward pressures on ed-tech adoption, the number of tech tools in use in school systems continues...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 9, 2025 | 9 LGBTQ+ picture books with SCOTUS, Academics, Carol A Josel, LGBTQ+ in the classroom, Making Education News, Parenting, USA Today's Ingrid Jacques
Unlike Shakespeare’s challenged Romeo and Juliet, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, and Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat, once-upon-a-time schooling mainstays, nine elementary grade LGBTQ+ picture books find themselves in the hands of the nine Supreme Court Justices. Brought...