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ABC News--Teachers are reinventing how Black history, anti-racism are taught in schools as system falls short

Instructors hope the George Floyd protests spark a change in the system.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/teachers-reinventing-black-history-anti-racism-taught-schools/story?id=71450018&cid=clicksource_4380645_7_heads_posts_card_hed

Nicole Pelletiere and Katie Kindelan| June 30, 2020, 4:08 AM

 

NJ Spotlight--After Passing a Stopgap Budget, Gov. Phil Murphy and Lawmakers Must Find Billions by October

With more than $2 billion in funding obligations deferred until October, what now — tax hikes, spending cuts?

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/07/after-passing-a-stopgap-budget-gov-phil-murphy-and-lawmakers-must-find-billions-by-october/

John Reitmeyer | July 1, 2020 | Budget, Coronavirus in NJ

 

NY Times--Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid

Religious schools should have the same access to scholarships and funds as other private schools, the justices ruled, in a victory for conservatives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/supreme-court-religious-schools-aid.html

Adam Liptak| June 30, 2020

 

Education Week--The All-Remote Schedule: No Risk to Health, High Risk to Learning

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/25/the-all-remote-schedule-no-risk-to-health.html

Denisa R. Superville| June 24, 2020

 

 

Politics K-12 (via Education Week) CDC Will Provide Virus-Testing Guidance for Schools as Pressure to Reopen Grows

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/06/lawmakers_push_reopening_schools_COVID_pressure_mmounts.html

Andrew Ujifusa on June 30, 2020 1:15 PM

 

Chalkbeat--America’s great remote-learning experiment: What surveys of teachers and parents tell us about how it went

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/26/21304405/surveys-remote-learning-coronavirus-success-failure-teachers-parents

Matt Barnum and Claire Bryan Jun 26, 2020, 12:18pm EDT