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Biden’s Secretary of Education Pick: Miguel Cardona

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 4, 2021 | Academics, Articles, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

So, who is this fellow on tap to replace Betsy DeVos as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education, jumping ahead of both NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia and AFT president Randi Weingarten? Well, for starters, he was an English Language Learner when a student himself,...

To Open or Shutter Schools: Are the Teachers’ Unions Deciding?

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 26, 2020 | Articles, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

Recently Education Week’s Madeline Will wrote a piece called, “How Teachers’ Unions Are Influencing Decisions on School Reopenings.” Here some excerpts from the article about what’s being said about the unions and reopenings: “Teachers’ unions have an outsized...

Screened-In, Kids Lose Out Educationally, Socially, & Emotionally

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 19, 2020 | Commentary, In The News, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

Stuck at home and screened-in for much of the day, kids are paying a huge price in the fight against  COVID-19–but they’re not the super-spreaders. Still, many, including a number of teachers, are all in with remote instruction, but justifiably so? Give a...

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...

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,...

Opening Shots: What Folks Are Saying about September Schooling

by Carol A. Josel | Oct 1, 2020 | Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

  “They need the structure, they need the socialization, they just need to go. I love you, but here’s your backpack, here’s your lunch… Have a good day.” ~ Missi Magness, Indianapolis parent “Given recent media coverage, parents and teachers could be forgiven for...
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