by Carol A. Josel | Nov 3, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
The EdWeek Research Center has found that 31% of teachers and district leaders said teacher morale was “much lower” in August than before the pandemic, up from 26% in June. Plus, 32% of teachers said they’re likely to resign because of COVID, up from 12% in May. A...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 8, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
This first-ever state-by-state survey revealing how little Millennials and Gen Z know about history and the Holocaust is cause for great worry both culturally and educationally, as a new wave of anti-Semitism now overtakes America and Europe… World War II began with...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 20, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
It’s doubtful that the results of YouthTruth’s national survey of students in grades 5 through 12 regarding spring’s lockdown and all-remote schooling will surprise the parents of school-aged kids and/or their teachers. For instance: While 87% successfully handled the...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 30, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
The back-to-school frenzy is on, but with a decidedly political twist, as the following surveys reveal. A recent month-long Gallup Panel found that: 57% of K-12 teachers are “very concerned” about being exposed to the coronavirus on the job: 18% of teachers are...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 10, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News, Quotable Quotes
Nowadays it’s tough keeping up with the shape schooling will take this fall, as governors keep changing their COVID-19 decrees and superintendents craft and recraft their opening plans. The choices: full time in-person, full-time remote instruction, a combo of the two...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 2, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Confusion reigns as school reopening plans meet with pushback and revisions, leaving parents, teachers, and kids, too, anxious and uneasy about September, so here some food for thought from experts who’ve collected and studied the most current data… KNOW THAT,...
