by Carol A. Josel | Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
With thanks to USA Today and Kurt Snibbe of the Southern California News Group, some facts and figures to remind us that, we can, indeed, weather this… After all, we’re in this together, so should stick together, follow all guidelines and stop pointing...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 11, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making News, Parenting
Kids are hooked on screens, no doubt about it, with some spending hours on end playing video games–some 41% of boys and 21% of girls, and that prompted Oxford University to study the effects. Among the findings: Spending up to three hours a day has no effect,...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 2, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Talk about scary news: As of March 2: The coronavirus had spread to more than 60 countries. More than 85,000 have been infected worldwide. It is responsible for some 3,000 deaths, more than 2,800 in Mainland China So, what exactly is a coronavirus and how did it get...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 18, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact
A reminder of the magic that is in all of us—and the potential to be more than we ever thought… Your brain weighs about three pounds—about 2% of your total body weight. A computer with the capacity of your brain would be 100 stories tall and cover the entire state 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 26, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death among 10- to 19-year-olds, and yet… While the National Institutes of Health spent $68 million last year on suicide, that was less than was spent on many other public health issues. For instance, kidney disease kills about...
