by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact
It’s not rocket science to realize there might be downsides to some feel-good political measures, and yet they’re often met with applause, as in the case of these three: Recess Time: In the name of core subjects and standardized test prep, by 2008 at least 40% of U.S....
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 14, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
The students chant: “No Summit! No Summit” echoed across McPherson Middle School’s campus on a recent, cold January afternoon. The reason: Facebook’s ChanZuckerberg Initiative’s Summit Learning. Said 7th grader Drake Madden, “It’s a learning program that is supposed...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 23, 2019 | Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Six days ago, 34,000 Los Angeles educators took to the streets; today, they’re back in the classroom. And, although they haven’t yet signed on the dotted line, it looks like the 8th major teacher walkout in recent times has ended, but… As Curmudgucation blogger...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 6, 2018 | Commentary
Attention all tech users, especially parents and teachers: In a recent Education Week piece, “Digital Technology Is Gambling with Children’s Minds,” author and Stanford University professor and researcher Elias Aboujaoude reports that, because of new...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 26, 2018 | Commentary
As reported by Fiza Pirani of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Finista, the latest social media platform gaining teen attention, is a combo of the words fake and Instagram. As she explains, “It is essentially a fake second Instagram account cultivated for a...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 16, 2017 | Articles, Commentary
In this era of selfies and emojis, it’s no surprise that, in a recent article, veteran elementary/middle school teacher Chrissy Romano-Arrabito says that picting–using images in place of text to convey thoughts and ideas–“is becoming the norm...
