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10-6-20 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: Pandemic presents chance to remake education

 ‘What would happen if we educated for wisdom rather than for information?’

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/10/coronavirus-changing-reimagining-education-lessons/

Richard C. Ten Eyck | October 6, 2020 | Education, Opinion

 

NJ Spotlight (video)--Parents push back on district school reopening plans

https://www.njspotlight.com/video/parents-push-back-on-district-school-reopening-plans/

Joanna Gagis, Producer/Correspondent | October 5, 2020 | Coronavirus in NJ, Education

 

Star Ledger--Playing amid pandemic

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/10/playing-amid-pandemic.html

HS football staff | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated on 7:10 AM; Today 6:30 AM

 

Star Ledger--If you make less than $150K, you could be eligible for childcare money under expanded N.J. program

Kelly Heyboer | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Oct 05, 2020; Posted Oct 05, 2020

 

NY Times--What It’s Like to Be a Teacher in 2020 America

Teachers find themselves at the heart of the national crisis — responsible not just for children’s education and well-being, but also for essential child care as parents struggle to get back to work.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/teachers-covid-schools-pandemic.html

Emma Goldberg| Oct. 5, 2020

 

Education Dive--How schools are navigating privacy concerns in COVID-19 contact tracing

The array of tech solutions popping up and politicization of the issue creates murky territory where one administrator says "You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't."

https://www.educationdive.com/news/k-12-schools-covid-contact-tracing-student-privacy-coronavirus/586352/

Natalie Gross| Oct. 5, 2020

 

The Hechinger Report--Nonprofits step in to help working parents making “impossible choices”

As schools put off reopening in person, parents desperate for help have turned to a handful of organizations trying to provide affordable child care

https://hechingerreport.org/nonprofits-step-in-to-help-working-parents-making-impossible-choices/

Jackie Mader October 1, 2020