by Carol A. Josel | Jan 24, 2024 | Commentary, In The News, Making News
Ninety-one years of living and leaving behind a wife of 50 years and five kids. Not too shabby, as they say, and the accolades keep coming in. In the case of Charles Osgood, all well deserved. A CBS newsman for 45 years, he stood tall among journalists for his...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 13, 2023 | In The News
“If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.” ~ ~ Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father and the 3rd president of the United States Of Note: On the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 9, 2023 | Articles, In The News, Making News
As you well know, August 1st came and went, taking with it every last incandescent lightbulb on store shelves. Banned after 16 years on the chopping block, all you can do now is use any still on hand or toss them out. It’s now LED bulbs’ time to shine, and they...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2023 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
There never seems to be enough of the green stuff to go around, and sometimes songs are written about it, like Abba’s “Money, Money, Money,” which starts off with: “I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to payAin’t it...
by Carol A. Josel | May 4, 2023 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied– chains us all irrevocably.” ~ Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard Having given them up, my father early on and endlessly drilled...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 23, 2023 | Articles, In The News
A recent Education Week headline read, “Schools Are Heading into a Perfect Storm.” The reason: Their federal COVID-19 relief funds will start expiring this coming autumn—and must be all spent one year later. The result: lost jobs, fewer special programs such as...
