by Carol A. Josel | Apr 16, 2021 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Quotable Quotes
*** Manhattan’s private K-12 Grace Church School wants its students to use “inclusive language.” For instance, instead of “mom,” “dad,” and/or “parent”–such terms they advise “make assumptions about their home life”–students should say,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 4, 2021 | Academics, Articles, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
So, who is this fellow on tap to replace Betsy DeVos as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education, jumping ahead of both NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia and AFT president Randi Weingarten? Well, for starters, he was an English Language Learner when a student himself,...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 26, 2020 | Articles, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
Recently Education Week’s Madeline Will wrote a piece called, “How Teachers’ Unions Are Influencing Decisions on School Reopenings.” Here some excerpts from the article about what’s being said about the unions and reopenings: “Teachers’ unions have an outsized...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 19, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
Stuck at home and screened-in for much of the day, kids are paying a huge price in the fight against COVID-19–but they’re not the super-spreaders. Still, many, including a number of teachers, are all in with remote instruction, but justifiably so? Give a...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 13, 2020 | Making Education News, Making News, Quotable Quotes
As the heartbreaking pandemic wears on and new restrictions are added, subtracted, and resurrected, give a listen to those who know well the cost of closures to students, their parents, and teachers: “The United States has extracted an enormous sacrifice from its...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 9, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
By now, we all know our schooling options: Send kids every day, a couple of days per week, or keep them home dnd engaged in full-time remote instruction. Choiceless choices, stuck as we are in COVID’s grip. What’s a parent to do? For answers and guidance,...
