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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...

Remote Learning’s Already Apparent Shortcomings

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making News

A mid-October Pew Research Center survey that compared taking an online-only course with an in-person one found that: Just 30% said they “provide equal educational value.” 68% said they do NOT. So now imagine being one of the countless kids who, from mid-March to...

2020: Scams, Loss, Death, and Other COVID Side Effects  

by Carol A. Josel | Nov 29, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making News

Since mid-March we’ve been pretty much stuck in an unending bad movie or Twilight Zone episode called COVID-19 that’s now infected 12,818,000 Americans and claimed some 262,000 lives. Among the virus’s other miserable side effects: Finds the U.S. Census Bureau, about...

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...

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,...

Autumn’s Back-to-School Essential for All: The Seasonal Flu Vaccine

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...
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