by Carol A. Josel | Sep 3, 2020 | Commentary, Making Education News
In pre-coronavirus days, Common Sense Media found that 80% of K-12 teachers had computing devices in their classrooms; that doesn’t mean, however, that they were big ed-tech fans. In fact, says Education Week’s Alyson Klein, “… Many see these companies as bad...
by Carol A. Josel | May 6, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
Sight unseen, COVID-19 shuttered our nation’s schools, emptying classrooms and making homeschooling of sorts a matter of fact for all, harnessing teachers and students alike to screens. And, depending on a district’s choice of e-learning platform, often sight unseen....
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 4, 2020 | Commentary, Making Education News
Recently, author, speaker, and consultant Mike Schmoker’s took on current literacy programs. He writes: A cautionary tale: Not long ago, I was assisting a school district that had adopted a prominently endorsed literacy program. Our work began with a review of...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 5, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
New York Times journalist Craig S. Smith’s recent “The Machines Are Learning and So Are the Students,” explains that artificial intelligence has found its way into the teaching life by taking over such mundane tasks as grading. It is, indeed, a brave new world, and,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 15, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Back in 1903, in Man and Superman, Irish playwright and political activist George Bernard Shaw wrote, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” And it stuck. Fast forward to 1977 when Haywood Allen, better known as director, writer, and actor Woody Allen, wrote, in...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 30, 2019 | Articles, Commentary
It’s that time again when we let go of one year and promise to do better going forward into the new one, keeping fingers crossed on everything from giving up bad habits to spending more face-to-face time with those who matter to us. And that’s all well and good, but...
