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...
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...
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...
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,...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 19, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
The pandemic may be fading but not its academic aftereffects… **** According to Attendance Works, 16 million students missed at least 18 days of school in the 2021-21 school year, twice as many as before the pandemic. That means that 33% of kids were chronically...
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,...
