by Carol A. Josel | May 11, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Both the University of Southern California and the EdWeek Research Center asked parents and teachers how satisfied they are with their schools’ distance learning offerings and communications—their concerns, too. They asked; Gabrielle Wanneh reported; I’m sharing…...
by Carol A. Josel | May 6, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
Sight unseen, COVID-19 shuttered our nation’s schools, emptying classrooms and making homeschooling of sorts a matter of fact for all, harnessing teachers and students alike to screens. And, depending on a district’s choice of e-learning platform, often sight unseen....
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 25, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Like an episode from Twilight Zone, along with distressing news briefs, masks and rubber gloves are now the order of the day, along with skyrocketing deliveries and plummeting gas prices. COVID-19 has shuttered much of our world, and that includes our nation’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 8, 2020 | Articles, Quotable Quotes
And just who is Joel Westheimer and to tell us to scrap all those worksheets coming into homes everywhere during these hunkered down, shuttered schools, Twilight Zone-like days? A man in the know, that’s who. Professor Westheimer is University Research Chair in...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact
Before COVID-19 became the grim story of the day, every day, Common Sense Media surveyed young people about social media and found that: 56% said tech and social media “are tearing us apart more than they are bringing people together.” About 25% agreed...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 1, 2020 | Articles
From the time before we closed our schools and hunkered down against COVID-19, fearful and cautious, this Quality Counts report card was published on how the states fare when it comes to schooling, rating them on three categories: Chance for Success School Finance...
