by Carol A. Josel | Sep 16, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Definitely worth taking look and giving it all some thought… Of our 133,853 schools in the 2015-16 school year: Elementary: 88,665 Secondary: 26,986 Combined: 16,511 Other: 691 Of those… Traditional public: 92,147 Public charter: 7,011 Private: 34,576 About our...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Parents, make your voices heard because schools have embraced tech big-time, with a lot of reform and financial encouragement from politicians, tech folks, and textbook publishers, too. Take the $8.5 billion textbook giant Pearson’s recent shift from print to digital,...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 21, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Senator Cory Booker’s brother Cary co-founded Omni Prep, a charter school forced to close in 2016 due to financial and management issues, poor academic results, and inexperience with early childhood education. Nevertheless, NJ Governor Phil Murphy recently hired him...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 7, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Parents, make your voices heard because schools have embraced tech big-time, with a lot of reform and financial encouragement from politicians, tech folks, and textbook publishers, too. Take the $8.5 billion textbook giant Pearson’s recent shift from print to digital,...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 1, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
As reported by Sarah Schwartz in her piece, “Students in Distress Strain Teachers’ Skills,” Education Week surveyed teachers regarding the importance of and their ability to teach social-emotional skills—build strong relationships, make smart decisions, manage...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 17, 2019 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Summer is barely half over, but already back-to-school sales are flooding the marketplace, with store shelves brimming with school-related goodies, everything from binders and notebook paper to pens, pencils, and backpacks. Indeed, Deloitte projects that overall K-12...
