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5-13-20 Education in the News

Star Ledger--As jobs vanish, N.J. students search for elusive summer employment

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/as-jobs-vanish-nj-students-search-for-elusive-summer-employment.html

Patrick Lanni | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | Posted May 12, 2020

 

Education Week--Teachers Work an Hour Less Per Day During COVID-19: 8 Key EdWeek Survey Findings

Less time teaching, dramatically reduced exposure to new learning material for students living in poverty, and lots of Zoom lessons.

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/05/11/teachers-work-an-hour-less-per-day.html

Benjamin Herold and Holly Yettick Kurtz | May 11, 2020

 

Chalkbeat--Will schools be able to reopen in the fall? Fauci says answer will be ‘very different’ across the country

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/12/21256193/reopen-schools-in-fall-fauci-testifies-answer-will-vary

Kalyn Belsha May 12, 2020, 2:11pm EDT

 

Education Dive--School closures changing districts' methods, terms for bargaining with unions

Amid the pandemic, unions and districts are renegotiating labor contracts to address long-term closures at an unprecedented rapid pace, but experts suggest collaboration may fizzle in the summer.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/school-closures-changing-the-way-and-terms-districts-bargain-with-unions/577070/

Naaz Modan @NaazModan| May 12, 2020

 

Hechinger Report--OPINION: The outbreak didn’t need to be this hard on students — we can do better next time by rethinking how and when learning takes place

'We are at serious risk of failing to properly educate millions of students this year because we have designed education around schools and systems, as opposed to designing around the learner'

https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-the-outbreak-didnt-need-to-be-this-hard-on-students/

Phyllis Lockett May 12, 2020