by Carol A. Josel | Sep 22, 2023 | Academics, Making Education News
Ah, change; am not very good at it, but here we go anyway, as summer loosens its grip, the sun moves into Libra, and fall officially arrives tomorrow, September 23. Officially called the autumnal equinox, it’s one of the only two times a year that the earth’s axis...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 11, 2023 | Making Education News
Of Note: This week The New York Times published the Opinion piece, “We Can Only Fight Learning Loss with Accountability.” In it, Michael J. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and visiting fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, writes “The bad...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 2, 2023 | Academics, Making Education News
“Because one teacher made a seat for me, I found my passion.” ~ Rebecka Peterson, 2023’s National Teacher of the Year FACT: A June 2023 analysis conducted by districtadministration.com found that: Nearly 30% of teachers left the profession during the 2021-22 school...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 24, 2023 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
Siri co-founder Adam Cheyer reminds us that, “The most important thing in education, in my opinion, is staring into the eyes of an inspiring human teacher. Again, a lot of it comes from motivation. If there’s a teacher who can really make me want to succeed, want to...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 3, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
** Clark County School District—our 5th largest—has joined such states as California and Virginia in moving toward “equitable grading.” Though it can take different forms, it’s said to give students more chances to prove their mastery of a subject...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 14, 2023 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
There never seems to be enough of the green stuff to go around, and sometimes songs are written about it, like Abba’s “Money, Money, Money,” which starts off with: “I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to payAin’t it...
