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,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 26, 2020 | Articles, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
School reopening is now a political football tossed about by Trump who wants schools fully reopened, Biden with a big dollar plan of his own, and governors/district leaders offering two and often three models for parents to choose from. As for parents, according to a...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 10, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Well-reputed organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics are calling for schools to open up come the start of the 2020-21 school year, as has the President, with several polls suggesting many parents are on board, too. Opposition is strong, though, as,...
