by Carol A. Josel | May 2, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Every May, Teacher Appreciation Week comes around, five days set aside once a year to recognize the work of educators. But is it enough? I mean, really… When the Pandemic hit, teachers were applauded for transitioning from in-person to remote teaching; everyone was...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 29, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
What’s going on in our schools has many parents in a fury, starting with several library books, that, instead of us bringing us together, are further tearing us apart… The Young Adult Library Services division of the American Library Association helps decide what...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 22, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
*** Pressured by the teachers’ union, the Los Angeles School District never opened during the 2019-20 school year. At the same time, it demanded that teachers not teach remotely for more than four hours a day BUT receive their full pay. *** Almost 66% of students...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 8, 2021 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
We all said 2021 would be different than locked down 2020. Vaccines were coming on the scene, the world reopened, and life as we knew it would be ours again. Except it isn’t… Districtadministrator.com’s Mark Zalaznicki, in his September 28 piece, “School...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 3, 2021 | Commentary, Making Education News
Tech, the end all and be all of American life, has revolutionized everything from how we get our meals, shop, learn, and be entertained, and, in the process, we’ve made the providers rich, including the billions spent by schools to be on the cutting edge of...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 15, 2021 | Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Writes Rick Hess, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar and Education Policy Studies director: Media is ablaze with coverage of the heated resistance to ‘anti-racist’ education and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Much of the discourse, at least in education...
