by Carol A. Josel | Sep 20, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
It’s doubtful that the results of YouthTruth’s national survey of students in grades 5 through 12 regarding spring’s lockdown and all-remote schooling will surprise the parents of school-aged kids and/or their teachers. For instance: While 87% successfully handled the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
Upcoming posts: To Keep a Lid on COVID, Keep Schools Closed in September? Pediatricians Tell Schools: “Open Wide!” School Reopening Talk Has Teachers Asking Safety Questions...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 21, 2020 | Articles, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact
In these “new normal” isolating, Zoom fatiguing, social distancing days, thought it time for a start-of-summer/Father’s Day weekend, feel-good reminder of the magic and potential that is in each of us… Our brains weigh weigh about three pounds and contain some 100...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 1, 2020 | Articles, Interesting Facts, Making Education News
Writing on a day like this is no easy task. As COVID-19 continues to circulate among us, it’s social distancing be damned as countless thousands across the country have taken to the streets in protests that have turned ugly with rioting, looting, and destroying. Oh,...
by Carol A. Josel | May 24, 2020 | Interesting Facts, Making Education News
Education Week never lets us down, keeping pace with the ever-changing face of COVID-19 and its impact on our lives and education in particular. This time around, the organization “scanned all 50 states’ publicly continuous learning directives and guidance...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, 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...
