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,...
by Carol A. Josel | May 24, 2020 | It’s a Fact, 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 | May 11, 2020 | Articles, It’s a Fact, Making Education News
Both the University of Southern California and the EdWeek Research Center asked parents and teachers how satisfied they are with their schools’ distance learning offerings and communications—their concerns, too. They asked; Gabrielle Wanneh reported; I’m sharing…...
by Carol A. Josel | May 6, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, Making Education News
Sight unseen, COVID-19 shuttered our nation’s schools, emptying classrooms and making homeschooling of sorts a matter of fact for all, harnessing teachers and students alike to screens. And, depending on a district’s choice of e-learning platform, often sight unseen....
