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...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 8, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
This first-ever state-by-state survey revealing how little Millennials and Gen Z know about history and the Holocaust is cause for great worry both culturally and educationally, as a new wave of anti-Semitism now overtakes America and Europe… World War II began with...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 24, 2020 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Of the 800 teens questioned in Common Sense Media’s remote instruction survey: 60% said online learning is worse than in-person instruction; 25% said it’s “much worse.” And yet, 42% think schooling now should be fully remote; 37% prefer the hybrid model, with 19%...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 20, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, 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 | Sep 3, 2020 | Commentary, Making Education News
In pre-coronavirus days, Common Sense Media found that 80% of K-12 teachers had computing devices in their classrooms; that doesn’t mean, however, that they were big ed-tech fans. In fact, says Education Week’s Alyson Klein, “… Many see these companies as bad...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 15, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
The head spins with the constant COVID drumbeat of decrees and rising number alerts, lots of it now falling on the shoulders of educators, parents, and kids, as districts sort through it all, crafting and re-crafting their school reopening plans. The dilemma says...
