by Carol A. Josel | Jan 26, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death among 10- to 19-year-olds, and yet… While the National Institutes of Health spent $68 million last year on suicide, that was less than was spent on many other public health issues. For instance, kidney disease kills about...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 4, 2020 | Articles, Making News
Back in the early days of the 21st century, futurists made predictions about how the world would look come 2020. Among them was Ray Kurzweil, and recently USA Today’s Grace Hauck shared the hits and misses of twenty of his forecasts: Life expectancy would top 100… It...
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 | 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...
