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Better days ahead

Debra Josephson Abrams Education

What are you going to do when COVID-19 quarantine ends — and why are those your choices? While daydreaming research abounds, including that which asserts that daydreaming can be associated with positive psychological consequences, I’m not interested in pie-in-the-sky mind wanderings. As we return to school — in whatever ways we return — what do you and your students plan to do when quarantine ends? To what are you looking forward?

US payrolls add 1.8 million jobs; jobless rate drops to 10.2%

Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Employers added 1.8 million nonfarm new hires in July, down from 4.8 million jobs created in June, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. July’s rate of unemployment dropped to 10.2% from June’s 11.1%. July’s numbers indicate the reopening of commerce closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Most major worker groups saw their unemployment rates fall.

Practical ways to reduce gender inequality in the workplace

D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Studies still show that working women are paid about 80 cents for every dollar men are paid. These studies suggest that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to holding higher-paying jobs and that men are generally on more accelerated career paths. This article offers some practical suggestions for actions that human resources professionals can take in their companies to address and hopefully improve this gender inequality.

Getting grounded: Implications for business

Linda Popky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

We may all be ready to be done with the coronavirus, but the virus isn’t ready to be done with us. As a result, some of the short-term changes to how and where we work may turn out to be more longer-term than we ever expected. Not only do we need to maintain social distance and wear masks when out and about near others, but we also have to face the fact that for the most part, we’ve all been grounded. What do you need to do to be as effective as possible given these constraints?

Strategies to combat racism: Considerations for teachers

Brian Stack Education

In case you hadn’t noticed, our nation is divided, and I’m not talking about politics here. I am talking about one of the most fundamental ideals that our country was founded on: That all were created equal. As debates surge around the nation on how we as a society can finally put an end to racism, we need to be mindful that many of our children are set to return to their schools this fall and need our guidance as adults to help them make sense of this very important issue that we are all facing.

Offset trauma for students by promoting positive experiences

Sheilamary Koch Education

When Christina Bethell was little, she lived in a low-income housing complex where her neighbor, a quiet lady the kids called Mrs. Raccoon, always had her door open for neighborhood kids. Every Saturday she threw a tea party with candy to celebrate any child with a birthday that week. Bethell fondly remembers the woman's kindness as source of comfort during her challenging childhood. Dr. Bethell, now a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shared this story on the release day of her study on the long-term effects of Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) on mental health.

Explicit instruction for emergent bilinguals, multilingual learners in…

Erick Herrmann Education

When people think of teaching, they may think of an expert, or teacher, imparting information to a novice, or student. For some, the term may conjure images of a person at the front of the room talking and sharing information, or "filling the brains" of people with new information. While this is indeed a portion of teaching, and is a part of explicit instruction, it does not embody everything that explicit instruction entails.

Sending kids back to school this fall: Yay or nay?

Amanda Ghosh Education

August is when we start to think about the upcoming school year. But so far, August looks like it will hold more uncertainty and anxiety. Even if schools reopen, parents may opt to redshirt the year. One thing is for sure — the 2020-21 school year will be drastically different from all previous academic years.

IMF predicts small business bankruptcies may triple as workers brace for…

Kevin Reynolds Business Management, Services & Risk Management

California took some people by surprise recently when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the largest rollback of reopenings in the country. Proceeded by Los Angeles moving to online schooling for a large portion of the fall semester and closely followed by individual counties leveling their own, stricter precautions, Newsom’s order was part of a slew of indicators that all said the same message: the coronavirus is not going away.

How does remote learning affect student achievement?

Bambi Majumdar Education

A recent Wall Street Journal article addressed many American parents' concerns about whether school districts' remote learning practices are widening the education gap. Though a vast majority of parents do not want to send their kids back to school unless there is a vaccine, they are concerned about the quality of education that their kids are getting. According to one report assessing the rigor of remote-learning instruction, only 20% of K-12 schools meet the standards to ensure proper student development.

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