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2-3-22 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Higher scores needed to pass NJ’s new high school tests

Board says students should face rigorous hurdle to meet performance standards

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/02/nj-11th-grade-test-new-scores-needed-lively-debate-pandemic-sen-teresa-ruiz/

John Mooney, Education writer | February 3, 2022 | Education

 

Star Ledger--Black History Month: 1969 set the stage for a conversation we’re still having today | Opinion

Kendra D. Boyd is an assistant professor, in the Department of History at the Rutgers-Camden campus. Boyd says the 1969 National Black Economic Development Conference gave birth to The Black Manifesto and made the term “reparations” a household word.

 By Kendra D. Boyd| Star-Ledger Guest Columnist| Published: Feb. 02, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

 

The Record--'Doing a lot of harm': Group of doctors, scientists pushes for NJ schools to return to normal

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/education/2022/02/03/nj-schools-return-to-normal-covid-group-doctors-scientists/6638247001/

Mary Ann Koruth| NorthJersey.com| February 3, 2022

 

The Atlantic--Book Bans Are Targeting the History of Oppression

The possibility of a more just future is at stake when young people are denied access to knowledge of the past.

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/02/maus-book-ban-tennessee-art-spiegelman/621453/

Marilisa Jiménez Garcia| February 2, 2022

 

NPR--Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals

February 2, 20227:01 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/02/1077300038/some-families-are-being-forced-to-choose-between-remote-learning-and-school-meal

Cory Turner| February 2, 2022

 

Education Week--Student Mental Health Is Overwhelming Schools. Can Congress Help?

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/student-mental-health-is-overwhelming-schools-can-congress-help/2022/02

Andrew Ujifusa — February 01, 2022 4 min read

 

Chalkbeat--Majority Black, Latinx school districts in N.J. are the most underfunded, report says

https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2022/2/2/22914658/majority-black-latinx-districts-new-jersey-school-funding-equity

By Catherine Carrera Feb 2, 2022, 6:35pm EST

 

Education Dive--COVID-19 testing in schools: Double-down or phase it out?

The logistical and financial burdens of school-managed testing are worth it if it keeps students learning in classrooms, some education stakeholders say.

https://www.k12dive.com/news/covid-19-testing-in-schools-double-down-or-phase-it-out/618157/

Kara Arundel Reporter| Published Feb. 2, 2022