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Americans Turn Thumbs-Down on Teaching Careers

by Carol A. Josel | Aug 30, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News, Research Results

   A 2020 piece by Allison Sadler in The New York Post listed Parents’ Career Wishes for Their Children: STEM: 39% Healthcare & Wellness: 33% Food: 26% Environment: 24% Accounting & Finance: 23% Business & Sales: 22% Construction: 21% Sport: 21%...

Who Gets to Pay the Piper Now, Student Loan Borrowers or Taxpayers?

by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Making Education News, Making News

   In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius, the king’s chief minister, tells his son, Laertes, who will be leaving for the University of Paris, “Neither a borrower not a lender be, for a loan oft loses both itself and friend…” Still good advice, but is...

8 Summertime K-12 News Items Not to Be Missed from Learning Loss to Burned Out Teachers

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 29, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News, Parenting

*** The Government Accountability Office report found that: 64% of teachers said they had more students make less academic progress during the pandemic than in a typical school year. 45% of teachers had at least 50% of their students behind academically when school...

Another COVID Consequence: Lagging Language Development in Babies and Toddlers

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 3, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News

   In the recent Education Week “Babies Are Saying Less Since the Pandemic: Why Schools Should Worry,” Early Head Start teacher explained, “It seems like a lot of our kids now are not where other kids have been. They’re not cooing and they’re not doing the things I...

Post-COVID Tutoring: Making the Grade, a Full-On Negative, or Somewhere in Between?

by Carol A. Josel | Jun 26, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News

    In the May 22 edition of The Atlantic, economist and faculty director of Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Thomas Kane penned “Kids Are Far, Far Behind in School,” writing that “The achievement loss is far greater than most educators and parents seem to...

Schooling: What Students Need But May Not Get

by Carol A. Josel | Jun 22, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Commentary, Making Education News

  A June 10, USA Today Snapshot survey on “What Teens Want for Post-Pandemic School” found that: 65% want “completely in person” 18% want “online/in-person mix” 9% want “completely online” 7% were “unsure” 1% had no answer That same week, Education Week published...
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