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News for Parents
Here we will periodically reference news and commentary involving education, societal trends, and advice to Christian parents. Most articles are from the Wall Street Journal and their education reporters. COME ON IN ...
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bozacmj
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Good News for Job Seekers
It's about time employers are recognizing there is talent out there among workers without a college degree who oftentimes have more...
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bozacmj
Oct 30, 20221 min read
AARP's Newest Members
Never doubt the ability of Gen Z to find the best mooch deals. AARP membership is drawing 20-somethings who shamelessly flash their cards...
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bozacmj
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Choosing to Lie or to Keep a Job
This is a sure way to deplete our professions of great people. https://www.wsj.com/articles/fired-from-my-nursing-job-for-refusing-to-say...
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bozacmj
Sep 26, 20221 min read
Does Anyone Want To Work Anymore?
Society now promotes mediocrity and calls it equity. To helicopter parents, "quitting" on work starts early and gets outed in students in...
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bozacmj
Sep 20, 20221 min read
MISTrusting Science
Great article. Many of us are outraged by the incompetent public health response during COVID. Michael Faraday reminds us how real...
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bozacmj
Sep 8, 20221 min read
Can Higher Ed Rediscover Its Purpose?
I doubt it anytime soon. This article suggests that colleges and universities have become stupefied by their "brands" and forgotten their...
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bozacmj
Sep 8, 20221 min read
The Student Loan Bailout
Student-loan forgiveness is really a bailout for woke higher ed, perpetuating the racket of selling degrees without marketable skills. ...
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bozacmj
Aug 23, 20221 min read
"Quietly" Quitting?
More info on Gen Z and work trends. I thought this is why you go to college -- to get a challenging, stimulating job that fits your...
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bozacmj
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Really??
Can college admissions get more crazy? Essays now carry more weight in the increasingly competitive admissions process since about 72% of...
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bozacmj
Jul 31, 20221 min read
Getting Your Kids Ready for School
Some good advice from Julie Jargon of the WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-week-program-to-get-your-summer-lazy-kids-off-screens-and...
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bozacmj
May 29, 20221 min read
Duh...The Ivy League is Liberal
A survey of Harvard University graduates found that only 6.4% have a conservative-leaning after attending the elite Ivy League...
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bozacmj
May 20, 20221 min read
Killing College Sports
I'm with most coaches on the negative impact of NIL on college sports. It's hard to imagine anything worse for team chemistry. Do we want...
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bozacmj
May 3, 20221 min read
The Politics of Student Debt Forgiveness
The idea of debt forgiveness insults the millions who paid their loans back. About 40 million people owe around $1.6 trillion in federal...
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bozacmj
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Skip the Ivy League Arms Race
Parents, save yourself a ton of $$ and the rat race of college admissions. Is it really worth being in decades of debt for the esteemed...
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bozacmj
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Protecting Your Kids from Social Media
Julie Jargon of the WSJ offers a useful guide for using the parental controls in the big four social media apps for teens....
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bozacmj
Apr 13, 20221 min read
Anxiety Screening at 8 Years Old?
One of the biggest problems affecting today's college students is anxiety. The problem starts early. Recent studies of high school...
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bozacmj
Apr 6, 20221 min read
MIT and the SAT
Professors often bemoan the use of standardized tests to evaluate potential student success in college, but you need something since...
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bozacmj
Mar 23, 20221 min read
You Actually Expect Us to Write?
There's too much technology in classrooms when students have to be torn away from UTube and other time-passing babysitters by patrolling...
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bozacmj
Mar 18, 20221 min read
More Show Than Go
Having served in megachurches most of my life, I can relate to the sentiment expressed re: churches today ... "Appealing” programming is...
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bozacmj
Feb 27, 20221 min read
Lost Literacy During Pandemic
Before the pandemic, 55% of kindergartners were on track in reading skills. That fell to 37% in 2020-21 and 47% this school year....
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