by Carol A. Josel | Aug 15, 2025 | Academics, Parenting
Dear Parents, Ready or not, it’s upon us… Retailers got started way back on July 4 with early back-to-school sales, and many took full advantage, while others are still getting the job done, shopping, filling bookbags, and readying everything for day one of the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 26, 2025 | Guest Blog, Parenting
The spark is there—you’ve seen it. A question that turns into five more, a doodle that grows into a story, a late-night idea that can’t wait for morning. But somewhere between school schedules, test anxiety, and digital distractions, that light can flicker. Keeping...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 9, 2025 | 9 LGBTQ+ picture books with SCOTUS, Academics, Carol A Josel, LGBTQ+ in the classroom, Making Education News, Parenting, USA Today's Ingrid Jacques
Unlike Shakespeare’s challenged Romeo and Juliet, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, and Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat, once-upon-a-time schooling mainstays, nine elementary grade LGBTQ+ picture books find themselves in the hands of the nine Supreme Court Justices. Brought...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 31, 2025 | Making Education News, Parenting
Recently, Education Week’s Libby Stanford reported that, three years ago, Adlai Stevenson Elementary had little to boast: As the lowest-performing elementary school in Pennsylvania’s Southfield School District, it found itself hemorrhaging students. The...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 7, 2025 | Academics, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
According to a recent, nationwide Gallup poll of 1,005 adults, 18 and older: ** Between 2019 and 2025, those reporting dissatisfaction with our K-12 public schools rose from 61% to 7 ** Those saying they’re satisfied with our schools is at its lowest since 2001....
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
Amy Rock, Campus Safety’s Executive Editor, and Education Week’s Mark Lieberman report that, between 2013 and 2019, public school enrollment rose right there along with the rest of the U.S. population—until the pandemic took a sledgehammer to the numbers....
