by Carol A. Josel | Oct 22, 2019 | In The News, Making News
As reported by USA Today’s Mary Cadden, here are the ALA’s most often challenged books of last year… George, by Alex Gino: Said to encourage children “to clear browser history and change their bodies using hormones; for mentioning dirty magazines, describing...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 16, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Making News
Admission: I lit my first cigarette in 7th grade, thrilling to the grown-up feel of it all, as it fed my rebellious side. In other words, I’m in no position to judge kids who light up nowadays, though I pray they never do. What I don’t get at all, however, is the...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 5, 2019 | Articles, In The News, Making Education News
Jeremy Adams, a high school and college political science teacher in Bakersfied, recently crafted a piece about high school reading in the tech age, and so, with thanks, here are a few excerpts worth reading: Most of us who grew up in the United States before the...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 3, 2019 | Articles, In The News
Introducing Ben Sasse America 2019: Lots of noise, little wisdom, sides taken, no room for dialogue or compromise. Nowadays, you’ve got a beef, take to social media and rant and/or take to the streets and shout till you’re hoarse… Enter a voice a reason, and whatever...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 16, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Definitely worth taking look and giving it all some thought… Of our 133,853 schools in the 2015-16 school year: Elementary: 88,665 Secondary: 26,986 Combined: 16,511 Other: 691 Of those… Traditional public: 92,147 Public charter: 7,011 Private: 34,576 About our...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 12, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
Ironically and at least according to the most recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, 87% of parents think they’re doing a decent job preparing their teens for the so-called real world; however, these stats paint a very different...
