by Carol A. Josel | Mar 9, 2020 | Making Education News, Quotable Quotes, Teacher Quote
It’s all about schooling nowadays; have a listen… “Think about the school environment that we had and the respect that we had for teachers and other students. And the discipline that was enforced not only by the teachers but by our parents, who, if they...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 24, 2019 | Quotable Quotes, Teacher Quote
Those in-the-know speak out … “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” ~ Fred Rogers, TV personality “If I was a spider princess, she said, I would spin...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 26, 2019 | Quotable Quotes
“For most teachers and students, testing remains the educational equivalent of a root canal. It’s endured and then recalled with relief. It’s not something deeply integrated with teaching that reinforces long-term educational goals like developing students’ ability to...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 12, 2019 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News, Quotable Quotes
Every other ad seems to end with a bit about taxpayers footing the bill, and I can’t help but wonder if anyone out there still remembers the time of budgeting and staying within our limits? And that, quite naturally, brings me to the notion about needing vs. wanting,...
by Carol A. Josel | May 27, 2019 | In The News, Quotable Quotes
Best-selling author Daniel Pink: “Want better academic performance from your students?” Give ‘em frickin’ recess!” Pledging $40 million, billionaire tech investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith to the Morehouse College graduating class of 2019: “My family is going...
by Carol A. Josel | May 22, 2019 | In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
As reported by Education Week’s Alyson Klein, U.S. Secretary of Education DeVos explained that she’s really quite shy, as she mostly talked up her Education Freedom Scholarship Plan when addressing the Education Writers Association. It gives as much as $5 billion in...
