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Grade Inflation = Low Expectations & Unintended Consequences

by Carol A. Josel | Apr 25, 2024 | Carol A Josel

   Grades, oh, my God, grades, the bane of my schooling years, as I followed along in the wake of my smart, “A” student, big sister and never measured up. What’s more, my middle school principal got to know me much too well because, not only did my grades...

Depersonalized Teaching Gaining Traction in Our K-12 Schools

by Carol A. Josel | Apr 5, 2024 | Academics, Articles, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Technology in Education

   In the news of late: TikTok under fire, with the U.S. House of Representatives, in March, approving a bi-partisan bill that would force its parent company, ByteDance, to either sell the app or be banned on all of our devices. As noted by Ryan Lovelace of The...

For Better or Worse, Artificial Intelligence Starts Making Its Way into America’s Classrooms

by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2024 | Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Technology in Education

   Somehow, we’ve gone from artificial flowers and sweeteners to artificial thinking, calculating, and learning. Heady stuff, no? And very brave new world, even otherworldly. For many, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also scary, the stuff of science fiction, which,...

Grief during the Season of Giving Thanks and Gifting

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 21, 2022 | Carol A Josel

   Someone dies, we pause, mourn, and somehow move on, though nothing is ever the same again. Loss: I know it quite well. Gone from me are my husband, my sister, my young nephew, both of my parents, countless relatives and friends, too… Well-meaning folks said things...

Pot Headlines Keep Rolling In and Even the President Has Taken a Stand: All a Good Thing or Should We Hit Pause?

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 4, 2022 | Carol A Josel

  Pot, cannabis, marijuana, grass, Mary Jane, weed, bammy: Whatever name you give it, it’s been a headliner for several years, especially since November 2012 when Colorado legalized it for adults 21 and older—a marijuana first, but not the only one. That’s because...

Noting Our Now 235-Year-Old Constitution, the State of Civics Knowledge and Education, Too

by Carol A. Josel | Sep 25, 2022 | Carol A Josel

    September 17 seems to have slipped by again kind of unnoted—no front page, above-the-fold headlines or below, for that matter, and no fireworks, either. Sort of just another day, made mention of but no hoopla. And so, though eight days late, I can’t let the month...
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