by Carol A. Josel | Aug 5, 2026 | AI in Education News, Artificial Intelligence, Carol A Josel, Parenting
And Pandora did, despite being told it would unleash such human suffering as illness, sorrow, and death. And despite all the warning signs, we opened the box that unleashed Artificial Intelligence into our homes and schools… KID-WISE: At bedtime, many...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 18, 2026 | Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting, Quotable Quotes, Social media, Technology in Education
“The issue is that schools fell victim to the tech industries pushing ‘more tech is better,’ and in the process, we dismantled all of our analog systems. Now…we don’t have the hundreds of thousands of dollars to repurchase textbooks that have shifted to online...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 18, 2026 | Making Education News, Parenting, Social media
“We’ve seen a large increase in the inability for students to cope when things don’t go their way. We see a lot of crying, yelling, shutting down, gross overreactions. Teachers are at the end of their rope.” ~ Ian Knox, principal, Hamagrael Elementary School Recently,...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 21, 2025 | Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Parenting
1. According to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, peanut allergies fell 43% between 2017 and 2020, primarily because peanut products are being introduced to babies early on. 2. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s finance instructor Mary Fox Luquette says...
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...
