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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...

As Much as Things Change, They Really Don’t: Schooling 2020 Style

by Carol A. Josel | Sep 13, 2020 | Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

Based on state and federal data from 2017 to 2019, Quality Counts 2020’s final grading of America’s schools—regarding  academics, school finance, and long-term socio-economic indicators—is out now, and … Our overall average schooling grade is 75.9 points out of...

School Reopening Opinions Fly About Every Which Way Amid All the Decision-Making

by Carol A. Josel | Aug 10, 2020 | In The News, Interesting Facts, It’s a Fact, Making Education News, Making News, Quotable Quotes

Nowadays it’s tough keeping up with the shape schooling will take this fall, as governors keep changing their COVID-19 decrees and superintendents craft and recraft their opening plans. The choices: full time in-person, full-time remote instruction, a combo of the two...

Move over Summer Slide, the COVID-Slide Has Gone Viral

by Carol A. Josel | Jul 6, 2020 | Articles, In The News, Interesting Facts, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes

Upcoming posts:                                                                                        To Keep a Lid on COVID, Keep Schools Closed in September? Pediatricians Tell Schools: “Open Wide!” School Reopening Talk Has Teachers Asking Safety Questions...

A COVID Side Effect: Teacher Bashing Hits the Pause Button

by Carol A. Josel | Jun 15, 2020 | Articles, Making Education News, Quotable Quotes, Uncategorized

Teacher bashing all but became a sport played by “reformers” who came up with such remedies as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 under President Bush, followed by the Obama/Duncan team’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top, Common Core Standards, related online...
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