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9-18-20 Education in the News

Politics K-12 (via Education Week)--CDC Details Color-Coded Risk Levels for In-Person Learning During Pandemic

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/09/cdc-covid-risk-level-schools.html

Evie Blad on September 17, 2020 11:48 AM

 

Chalkbeat (via NJ Spotlight)--Almost all Newark students now have laptops, district says, but tech challenges remain

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/09/newark-laptops-students-remote-access-distance-learning-chrome-books-tablets/

Patrick Wall, Chalkbeat Newark | September 18, 2020 | Education, Coronavirus in NJ

 

NY Times--DeVos Vows to Withhold Desegregation Aid to Schools Over Transgender Athletes

The Education Department has told Connecticut schools that desegregation grants will be cut off Oct. 1 if they continue to allow transgender students to choose the teams they compete on.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/transgender-students-betsy-devos.html

Luke Broadwater and Erica L. Green| September 18, 2020

 

NPR--Child Positive For Coronavirus Was Sent To School Anyway. Others Quarantining Now

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/17/914031464/child-who-was-positive-for-covid-19-was-sent-to-school-anyway-others-isolated-no

Reese Oxner| September 17, 20204:52 PM ET

 

Education Week--Do Parents Trust Schools? Where the Fault Lines Are During COVID-19

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/09/17/do-parents-trust-schools-where-the-fault.html

Christina A. Samuels| September 16, 2020

 

Education Dive--Survey: 1 in 3 teachers considering exit, early retirement due to coronavirus

 

https://www.educationdive.com/news/survey-1-in-3-teachers-considering-exit-early-retirement-due-to-coronavir/585380/

Roger Riddell @EdDiveRoger| Published Sept. 17, 2020