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The Cost of School Closures & Semi-Closures

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 13, 2020 | Making Education News, Making News, Quotable Quotes

As the heartbreaking pandemic wears on and new restrictions are added, subtracted, and resurrected, give a listen to those who know well the cost of closures to students, their parents, and teachers: “The United States has extracted an enormous sacrifice from its...

The Other Pandemic: Closed School’s Effect on Teen Well-Being

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 16, 2020 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News

Mid-June Common Sense Media/America’s Promise Alliance surveys found that schooling’s “new normal” has hit teenagers hard—especially those who are black, Latino, and Asian. If a parent, you’re not surprised. As school psychologist Rob Coad reminds us: “One of their...

Expert Schooling Guidance and San Francisco Teachers’ Ongoing Refusal to Return, Too

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 9, 2020 | Articles, Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

By now, we all know our schooling options: Send kids every day, a couple of days per week, or keep them home dnd engaged in full-time remote instruction. Choiceless choices, stuck as we are in COVID’s grip. What’s a parent to do? For answers and guidance,...

COVID’s Non-Stop Education Side Effects

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 3, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News

The EdWeek Research Center has found that 31% of teachers and district leaders said teacher morale was “much lower” in August than before the pandemic, up from 26% in June. Plus, 32% of teachers said they’re likely to resign because of COVID, up from 12% in May. A...

Politics in the Classroom: Yes or No Way?

by Carol A. Josel | Oct 25, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News

In Education Week’s recent “Is the Election Still a Teachable Moment?” author Sarah Schwartz quotes Daniel Bachman, a teacher at New York’s Massapequa High School: “Teaching the election in the past has always been a joyful thing. I always looked forward to it. I just...

Character: Gone Missing in American Politics and Society

by Carol A. Josel | Oct 18, 2020 | Commentary, Making Education News, Making News

Character is much in the news of late—or should I say its lack as the country reels from rioting protestors, rising crime rates, and right on up to the highest echelons of government on BOTH sides of the aisle. As Arthur Schwartz, president of Character.org writes,...
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