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The Toll Exacted by Learning & Living Remotely

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 10, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News

Thanks to the COVID vaccine, the light is on at the end of the tunnel, but it’s still a long way off and for many kids that translates into more on and off again remote instruction, with mental health and more on the chopping block… Turns out that 39% of districts...

Biden’s Secretary of Education Pick: Miguel Cardona

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 4, 2021 | Academics, Articles, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

So, who is this fellow on tap to replace Betsy DeVos as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education, jumping ahead of both NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia and AFT president Randi Weingarten? Well, for starters, he was an English Language Learner when a student himself,...

A Must Read: Superintendent Gibson’s Snow Day Letter

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 21, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News

It snowed a lot in the northeast last week, making for a perfect snow day, a time to unleash kids and teachers alike from devices of all sorts to play–making snow balls, snowmen, snow angels, and maybe get in some sledding, too. But the likes of Philadelphia...

Screened-In, Kids Lose Out Educationally, Socially, & Emotionally

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 19, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

Stuck at home and screened-in for much of the day, kids are paying a huge price in the fight against  COVID-19–but they’re not the super-spreaders. Still, many, including a number of teachers, are all in with remote instruction, but justifiably so? Give a...

Remote Learning’s Already Apparent Shortcomings

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making News

A mid-October Pew Research Center survey that compared taking an online-only course with an in-person one found that: Just 30% said they “provide equal educational value.” 68% said they do NOT. So now imagine being one of the countless kids who, from mid-March to...

2020: Scams, Loss, Death, and Other COVID Side Effects  

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 29, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making News

Since mid-March we’ve been pretty much stuck in an unending bad movie or Twilight Zone episode called COVID-19 that’s now infected 12,818,000 Americans and claimed some 262,000 lives. Among the virus’s other miserable side effects: Finds the U.S. Census Bureau, about...
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