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Our Iffy Mental Health: Facts, Figures, and School-Related Remedies

by Carol A. Josel | Mar 6, 2023 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News

   Seems like no matter what we’re doing or where we’re going, reminders abound that that there’s nothing normal about this so called “new normal.” It hits us every which way just gassing up, picking up groceries, or taking in the news, replete, as it is, with stories...

The Post-Pandemic Changing Face of America’s Schools, Everything from Struggling Students and Charters to Dress Codes and Cuts in Gifted Education

by Carol A. Josel | Feb 23, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News

  Education has been a news centerpiece for some time now, including our struggling students, school choice, dress codes, and the words we use, too. Here, a sampling of recent school-wise headlines: ****  “The Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative Seeks to Rid...

Dr. Leonard Sax and The Damage Caused by Kindergarten As The New First Grade

by Carol A. Josel | Feb 9, 2023 | Academics, Commentary, Making Education News

   In my day, only a handful of us kids attended nursery school, as pre-school was known back in the day, and kindergarten was truly a “children’s garden.” Half day only and all about play, socializing, milk and graham crackers, naps, too. We sang, banged on triangles...

School-Wise Snippets from Withheld Awards and Declining School Enrollment to AI Taking Over Teacher Paperwork

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 20, 2023 | Academics, Making Education News

Virginia’s Fairfax County Schools has withheld National Merit awards from hundreds of students, done, says its website “to keep equity at the center of the curriculum” and “to eliminate gaps in opportunity, access, and achievement for students.” D’s and F’s were also...

School-Wise News Update: From AI and History/Civics Instruction to Teaching Standards, Controversial Dress Codes and Political Tensions in Schools

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 11, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News

   *** Three You/Gov/ More in Common surveys found that most of us, both Democrats and Republicans, want history instruction to include “both the triumphs and the dark chapters of American history.” However, there’s a “perception gap,” meaning “the...

School-Wise News from Trending Words to Standardized Test Scores and Money Woes

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 7, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News

   Says high school English teacher Alice Dominguez: “No matter the data or intention, no packaged curriculum can offer space to reflect as a community and respond to the unique needs of each school. If school leaders can resist the promises made by ed tech companies,...
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