by Carol A. Josel | Sep 7, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Making News
Got to admit: Am tired of reading/sharing the contents of endless school reopening articles and the teachers suing and/or threatening to strike if forced to return in person, so… This time around, am going with headlines only; they pretty much tell all you need...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
Yes!! Yes!! were the words that came to mind when, on September 1, I read the Wall Street Journal editorial board’s “A Virus Report: It’s no time to be complacent, but the summer surge has eased.” The lead paragraph: We hate to be the bearer of good news, but here...
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...
