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...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 22, 2022 | Articles, In The News
*** TikTok boasts more than 1.5 billion active users worldwide. *** Finds parental control software maker Qustodio: “Overall last year, kids spent a whopping 91 minutes per day on TikTok…” CNN’s Oliver Darcy headlined his December 13 article with “Ban...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 15, 2022 | Articles, In The News, Making Education News
As we hit mid-October—and somehow so quickly—heaters are already purring away, leaves are coloring up and drifting to the ground, and… ONE: She’s got two legs, is named Cassie, and she runs. Does she ever! Created by Oregon State University’s Agility Robotics,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 5, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, In The News
I’m a talker, some would call me a chatterbox, always with something to say or add to a conversation. Not so much today, however… I learned to love America right from the start from my immigrant father who, as a 14-year-old boy, survived the Turkish led Armenian...
by Carol A. Josel | May 16, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Quotable Quotes
Back in 1949, Mental Health America made May Mental Health Awareness Month to raise awareness and understanding. Attitudes have certainly changed/improved since then, but all is not well nowadays, not at all. Indeed, one headline after another speaks to our...
