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...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 4, 2020 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Wherever you stand on the school reopening debate and now political football, the CDC reminds us: …The harm attributed to closed schools on the social, emotional, and behavioral health, economic well-being, and academic achievement of children, in both the short- and...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, It’s a Fact, 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 28, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Back on April 26, Education Week’s Peter DeWitt found that, “Many teachers, students, and parents are proving to be remarkably resilient during this time when it comes to the effects of the pandemic on schools, education, and student learning. It is not easy to...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 15, 2020 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes
Teacher bashing all but became a sport played by “reformers” who came up with such remedies as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 under President Bush, followed by the Obama/Duncan team’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top, Common Core Standards, related online...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 1, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, 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,...
