by Carol A. Josel | Nov 7, 2019 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Many parents use screen time as a kid-sitter, enjoying the quiet that descends on their youngsters when in the grip of a video game, social media, a texting exchange, or TV… Meanwhile, the Pew Research Center recently found that, in 2018, 95% of teens own a smartphone...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
As Education Week’s Alyson Klein writes, “ Educators are using digital tools to boost student learning more than ever. But few believe there’s good information available about which resources are going to be effective in the classroom.” And that’s the conclusion...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 28, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
From teacher strikes to how best teach reading, these stats tell us a great deal about what’s happening to and in our public schools… A recent PDK survey of 556 teachers found that 55% said they’d be willing to strike for better salaries, and even more...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 9, 2019 | It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Ed tech continues to change schooling—and our kids too, though maybe not altogether for the good: More than 35,000 Mississippi kindergartners—about 64%–didn’t meet the state’s readiness guidelines, and those who spent the 2017-18 school year in Head Start scored...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 16, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Definitely worth taking look and giving it all some thought… Of our 133,853 schools in the 2015-16 school year: Elementary: 88,665 Secondary: 26,986 Combined: 16,511 Other: 691 Of those… Traditional public: 92,147 Public charter: 7,011 Private: 34,576 About our...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 12, 2019 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making News
Ironically and at least according to the most recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, 87% of parents think they’re doing a decent job preparing their teens for the so-called real world; however, these stats paint a very different...
