by Carol A. Josel | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles, Uncategorized
Andrew has backpacked throughout the world, from the European Alps, to the deserts of the American West, to the mountains of Great Britain and Ireland, and of course, the forests of Appalachia. From his current base camp in Southern Pennsylvania, Andrew spends his...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Thought you might like to know that, just this week, the Texas Medical Association came out with a risk assessment scale from one to nine for 36 activities, including: Getting restaurant take-out or going grocery shopping: 2 Going for a walk/run/bike ride or staying...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s called the new-normal, but normal has nothing to do with it… Rulings come left and right, changing repeatedly and inconsistently as columnist Byron York noted in a recent commentary, saying: “As the country struggles to vanquish coronavirus, Americans are...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 15, 2020 | Articles, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes, Uncategorized
Teacher bashing all but became a sport played by “reformers” who came up with such remedies as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 under President Bush, followed by the Obama/Duncan team’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top, Common Core Standards, related online...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 8, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Uncategorized
As across the country we move in colorful and numbered steps into a semi-locked down state, protesters have taken to Philly’s streets, as they have elsewhere, in the name of social justice, or, if you will, a level playing field, but where to begin? For Philadelphia...
by Carol A. Josel | May 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
We’re just a day away from the unofficial start of summer–and that’s all many of us care about. A few have headed to the shore or mountains, but most of us, locked down as we are thanks to COVID-19, have stayed put, heading outside from time to time for a bit of...
