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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...

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...

The Other Pandemic: Closed School’s Effect on Teen Well-Being

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 16, 2020 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News

Mid-June Common Sense Media/America’s Promise Alliance surveys found that schooling’s “new normal” has hit teenagers hard—especially those who are black, Latino, and Asian. If a parent, you’re not surprised. As school psychologist Rob Coad reminds us: “One of their...

COVID’s Non-Stop Education Side Effects

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 3, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News

The EdWeek Research Center has found that 31% of teachers and district leaders said teacher morale was “much lower” in August than before the pandemic, up from 26% in June. Plus, 32% of teachers said they’re likely to resign because of COVID, up from 12% in May. A...

Autumn’s Back-to-School Essential for All: The Seasonal Flu Vaccine

by Carol A. Josel | Oct 12, 2020 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News

The back-to-school 2020 version began with most kids serving yet again as a captive virtual instruction audience, but the ties that bind have loosened, allowing many schools to now transition to a hybrid teaching model: typically three days of online learning, two...
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