Doug Pederson’s son hopes to forge his own NFL path (even if it’s with Eagles)
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Louisiana-Monroe tight end Josh Pederson is looking to make in the NFL like his father, former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson, before him.
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Doug Pederson was caught on camera smiling last month at the University of Louisiana-Monroe’s Pro Day. It was a strange sight: After all, what does the former Eagles head coach have to smile about?
He was fired by the Eagles after a 4-11-1 season, three years after delivering the franchise’s first Super Bowl championship. He was blamed for the collapse and accused of hurting the franchise’s quarterback’s feelings. The team owner questioned whether he had a clue about building a coaching staff. He went from the top of the world to the unemployment line.
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Doug Pederson is a household name amongst football fans. The city of Philadelphia is permanently indebted to Pederson for the joy that his team brought them in February of 2018 and he is depicted in a statue outside of Lincoln Financial Field. But this isn’t another story about Doug Pederson, “the Philly Special,” or the Philadelphia Eagles. This is a story about Doug’s son Josh Pederson, who has been working tirelessly to make sure football fans know
his name.
Despite growing up with football all around him, Josh Pederson didn’t begin playing football until his junior year at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. Andy Sims, the head coach of the football team at Blue Valley North, asked Josh to consider joining the football team for his junior year. It was ultimately thoughts about his older brother Drew that convince
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Hybrid learning has become the go-to compromise for Kansas’ largest school districts to get students back in classrooms, but some Kansas teachers say it isn’t much better than keeping students online full-time.
Districts in Lawrence, Topeka, Olathe and elsewhere rotate students between in-person and online lessons. Kids get physical time in front of a teacher without risking crowded classrooms during the pandemic. But teachers say that the constant shift from the classroom to the screen disrupts learning; that they have twice the workload; and that they have to split their focus between online and in-person students, giving neither the attention they deserve.
Hybrid learning has become the go-to compromise for Kansas’ largest school districts to get students back in classrooms.
Districts in Lawrence, Topeka, Olathe and elsewhere rotate students between in-person and online lessons. Kids get physical time in front of a teacher without risking crowded classrooms during the pandemic.
The constant shift from the classroom to the screen disrupts learning. Teachers say they have twice the workload while splitting their focus between online and in-person students, giving neither the attention they deserve.
Educators say hybrid makes it easier to help kids struggling the most, but both hybrid and online-only are leading to students falling behind.