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...
by Carol A. Josel | May 28, 2021 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Education Week’s Sarah D. Sparks took on the question, “How Much Real Learning Time Are Students Losing during the Pandemic?” She writes… Unfortunately, a series of new analyses suggest that the pandemic disrupted both of the most critical kinds of educational time....
by Carol A. Josel | May 1, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, Making News
In mid-April, Campus Reform’s video reporter Addison Smith headed to Georgetown University, camera on and rolling, and asked numerous students about “specific measures regarding voting integrity.” These included: Voter expansion Requiring weekend early voting for two...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 3, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
About how children grow into hate-filled adults, Bosnian genocide survivor Amra Sabic-El-Rayess writes that “… My research suggests the answer is in radicalizing education where extremist narratives minimize the relevance of teachers. These narratives are...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 26, 2021 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Making News
First came Oregon’s “Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction” suggesting that having kids show their work is a crutch for teachers, that there isn’t a right or wrong answer, and that grading “reinforces inequity…” In its wake came Illinois’s...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 19, 2021 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News
Way ahead of the curve, Rhode Island’s Governor Gina Raimondo took a stand for kids and in-person schooling way back in June and got schools reopened on September 14. As she put it: ** “Every day a child is out of school is a problem for that child.” ** “To...
