by Carol A. Josel | Dec 17, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
When it comes to education, it’s often a matter of follow the leader, and. In this case, I’m talking about the great state of California and its “bold move to mandate later start times for middle and high schools.” Can the rest be far behind? At first glance, it makes...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 16, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Here’s a brief update on the latest in the world of education: Because 57% of teens and 63% of parents worry about a shooting happening in their school, just about every public schools conducted some kind of lockdown drill. This, despite the fact that, says a...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 9, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
These are, indeed, troubling times for our children… Thanks, at least in part, to the education reform movement that replaced play with an academic push in the pre-school years, Brown University researchers found that incoming kindergartners now start school with...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 7, 2019 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Many parents use screen time as a kid-sitter, enjoying the quiet that descends on their youngsters when in the grip of a video game, social media, a texting exchange, or TV… Meanwhile, the Pew Research Center recently found that, in 2018, 95% of teens own a smartphone...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
As Education Week’s Alyson Klein writes, “ Educators are using digital tools to boost student learning more than ever. But few believe there’s good information available about which resources are going to be effective in the classroom.” And that’s the conclusion...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 28, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
From teacher strikes to how best teach reading, these stats tell us a great deal about what’s happening to and in our public schools… A recent PDK survey of 556 teachers found that 55% said they’d be willing to strike for better salaries, and even more...
