by Carol A. Josel | May 6, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
Sight unseen, COVID-19 shuttered our nation’s schools, emptying classrooms and making homeschooling of sorts a matter of fact for all, harnessing teachers and students alike to screens. And, depending on a district’s choice of e-learning platform, often sight unseen....
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 25, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Like an episode from Twilight Zone, along with distressing news briefs, masks and rubber gloves are now the order of the day, along with skyrocketing deliveries and plummeting gas prices. COVID-19 has shuttered much of our world, and that includes our nation’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
The good news is that yesterday, in a bi-partisan move, senators passed the largest stimulus package in American history to the tune of $2.2 trillion, offering much-needed financial aid to health care systems, workers, and businesses—and that includes our nation’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 4, 2020 | Commentary, Making Education News
Recently, author, speaker, and consultant Mike Schmoker’s took on current literacy programs. He writes: A cautionary tale: Not long ago, I was assisting a school district that had adopted a prominently endorsed literacy program. Our work began with a review of...
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 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,...
