by Carol A. Josel | May 28, 2021 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
Education Week’s Sarah D. Sparks took on the question, “How Much Real Learning Time Are Students Losing during the Pandemic?” She writes… Unfortunately, a series of new analyses suggest that the pandemic disrupted both of the most critical kinds of educational time....
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 17, 2021 | In The News, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News
An August 2020 National Education Association survey found that: 28% of educators said the pandemic made them likelier to leave teaching. Meanwhile, back in mid-November, the EdWeek Research Center survey of a nationally representative sample of 913 pre-K...
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...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, 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...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 3, 2020 | In The News, 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...
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...
