by Carol A. Josel | Jun 19, 2023 | Commentary
Nowadays, education is a headliner, oozing stories about teacher shortages and burnout, academically struggling students, and mental health concerns. Enter the National Center for Education Statistics survey of our K-12 schools: The Condition of Education 2023. As The...
by Carol A. Josel | May 4, 2023 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied– chains us all irrevocably.” ~ Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard Having given them up, my father early on and endlessly drilled...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 29, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
In February 2022, the National Institute on Retirement Security looked into “Americans’ Views of Public School Teachers and Personnel in the Wake of Covid-19” and found that, among respondents: 83% worry about staff shortages; 81% are concerned about staff burnout;...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 23, 2023 | Articles, In The News
A recent Education Week headline read, “Schools Are Heading into a Perfect Storm.” The reason: Their federal COVID-19 relief funds will start expiring this coming autumn—and must be all spent one year later. The result: lost jobs, fewer special programs such as...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 14, 2023 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services says that 20% of our children and adolescents will experience some type of mental health problem, and yet a March 28, 2022 Education Week Special Report revealed that… More than 5.4 million U.S. public school...