NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: Why New Jersey Should Decide Right Now to Start the School Year with Statewide Remote Learning

Executive director of New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association says all schools will not be ready to ensure safe in-person conditions for students and staff

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/08/op-ed-why-new-jersey-should-decide-right-now-to-start-the-school-year-with-statewide-remote-learning/

Patricia Wright | August 7, 2020 | Opinion, Education

NJ Spotlight--New Jersey Schools Reopen: Pressure Mounts for Delayed Start

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/08/new-jersey-schools-reopen-pressure-mounts-for-delayed-start/

John Mooney | August 7, 2020 | Education, Coronavirus in NJ

NY Times--Congress’s Ideological Divide Has Stymied Aid for Pandemic-Stricken Schools

Republicans and Democrats agree that schools need billions of dollars to reopen, but policy fights have the parties at loggerheads, with educators growing desperate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/us/politics/congress-schools-coronavirus.html?auth=login-email&login=email

Luke Broadwater| August 6, 2020

Washington Post--Lessons from the pandemic’s education pod parents

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/07/lessons-pandemics-education-pod-parents/

Valerie Strauss| August 7, 2020

Education Week--Don't Rush to 'Diagnose' Learning Loss With a Formal Test. Do This Instead

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/06/dont-rush-to-diagnose-learning-loss-with.html

Catherine Gewertz| August 5, 2020

Chalkbeat--‘I wouldn’t send anybody to school’: Newark mayor joins growing pushback against in-person learning

https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/6/21357836/mayor-baraka-newark-school-reopening-covid

Patrick Wall Aug 6, 2020, 6:00pm EDT