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As the Saying Goes: “If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher.”

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 11, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Teacher Quote

  Teachers were never fond of me in my growing years. I did stuff like surreptitiously rolling marbles down aisles, making more than a teacher of two cry, and, oh, how I loved to talk and pass notes… Naturally, I never wanted to be one. Back story: Accepted as a...

Teachers: Inspiring, Par for the Course, or Just Plain Second-Rate?

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 22, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting, Teacher Quote

  “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ~ William A. Ward. Researchers at the University of Maryland and Harvard recently analyzed 54 teachers randomly assigned to classrooms...

Experts Take On Everything from Ed Tech and the Value of Play to Our Troubled Children

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...

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