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5-16-22 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Sen. Vin Gopal: Transparency is needed to counter sex-education misinformation

'Many are against it because it's not politically convenient for them'

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/sen-vin-gopal-transparency-is-needed-to-counter-sex-education-misinformation/

Briana Vannozzi, Anchor | May 13, 2022 | Education

 

Star Ledger--Don’t like sex ed? Then opt out. But don’t deny it to other kids | Editorial

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/05/dont-like-sex-ed-then-opt-out-but-dont-deny-it-to-other-kids-editorial.html

Star-Ledger Editorial Board| Published: May. 15, 2022, 7:00 a.m. 0

 

Press of Atlantic City—Editorial: Our view: Quit dithering, start high schools in NJ later

https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/our-view-quit-dithering-start-high-schools-in-nj-later/article_63a04f80-d2d9-11ec-8b0e-bb5b5ec131ad.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Press of Atlantic City Editorial Board| May 16, 2022

 

NY Times--New Biden Administration Rules for Charter Schools Spur Bipartisan Backlash

Critics of the proposal say the rules are overly restrictive and would stymie the growth of charter schools, whose 3.6 million students are largely Black and Hispanic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/us/politics/charter-school-rules-biden.html

Erica L. Green| May 13, 2022

 

NPR--4 high school students talk mental health and how the pandemic changed them

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/14/1093737862/covid19-mental-health-students

Anya Steinberg| May 14, 20225:37 AM ET

 

Education Week--Schools could get extra time to spend COVID relief on building fixes

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/5/13/23071615/schools-covid-relief-deadline-extended-facilities

Matt Barnum|   May 13, 2022, 6:28pm EDT

 

Edutopia--Districts Make Progress—and Encounter Resistance—as They Update Grading Models

Even as schools across the country experiment with new models for assessing students, they aren’t ready to commit to a wholesale divorce from the A to F letter grades that have been around since the 1940s.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/districts-make-progress-and-encounter-resistance-they-update-grading-models

Andrew Boryga| May 13, 2022