by Carol A. Josel | Aug 22, 2021 | Articles, It’s a Fact
Look up remote in a thesaurus, and you’ll find not just the usual distant and far-off, but also lonely, disconnected, and isolated, perfect descriptors for the distance learning foisted on millions of students in March 2020 when America was locked down, schools...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 23, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, Making News
Brandeis University: A private, co-ed university with an acceptance rate of 30% charges students big bucks to attend: Tuition: $59,408 Mandated Activity Fee: $598 Room/Basic Double: $9,380 Board/12 meals + 850 points/semester: $7,070 TOTAL: $76,457 Add-ons include,...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 2, 2021 | Articles, Making Education News
Released on March 1, “The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy” write Education Week’s Stephen Sawchuk and Sarah Schwartz, “center on the idea of ‘reflective patriotism,” meaning that “students should learn to feel committed to this country and the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 26, 2021 | Articles, Making Education News
The ball got rolling with President George W. Bush’s 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), next made its way to Obama’s Common Core Standards (CCS) online assessments and 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and then landed on Biden’s lap. He, despite a year of...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 18, 2021 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Writing that “getting ed tech wrong would be a bitter pandemic legacy, American Enterprise resident Scholar and Education Policy Studies director Rick Hess cites several examples of bad ed-tech habits that developed during the lockdown “compromising instruction and...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 11, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News, Making News
Back on May 4, Education Week’s Sarah Schwartz wrote, “Teaching has long been a profession with long hours and low pay. Compared to other jobs that require a similar level of education and training, teachers make less money. Still, many educators will say they didn’t...
