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8-3-21 Education in the News

Star Ledger--Enough is enough. Mandate the vaccine in schools | Editorial

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/08/enough-is-enough-mandate-the-vaccine-in-schools-editorial.html

Star-Ledger Editorial Board| Posted Aug 01, 8:00 AM

 

Star Ledger--If you can’t name the branches of government, now your kid can help you

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/08/if-you-cant-name-the-branches-of-government-now-your-kid-can-help-you.html

Star-Ledger Editorial Board| Updated Aug 02, 2021; Posted Aug 02, 2021

 

Philadelphia Inquirer--Going back to school in person may mean mental-health challenges for kids. Here’s how to prepare.

As kids reluctantly trade lazy summer days for a return to the classroom, parents might notice more unusual behavior: nightmares, extreme outbursts, aches and pains.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/kids-return-to-school-mental-health-tips-20210729.html

Aparna Nathan| Published Jul 29, 2021

 

NY Times--The Delta Variant in Schools: What to Know

Classrooms are opening their doors to a different pandemic. Here is how to think about risk.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/us/covid-schools-delta-variant.html

Emily Anthes| Published Aug. 2, 2021Updated Aug. 3, 2021, 6:28 a.m. ET

 

NY Times--Schools in the infrastructure bill: Money for cleaner drinking water and greener buses.

The legislation sets $5 billion aside to upgrade America’s school buses with half of the funding going to zero-emission school buses.Credit...Hannah Beier/Reuters

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/us/schools-education-infrastructure-bill.html

Luke Broadwater| Aug. 2, 2021

 

NPR--Students Need To Be In Classrooms, With Masks, This Fall, Education Secretary Says

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1022429844/schools-masks-students-in-person-education-secretary-cardona

Clare Lombardo | August 2, 20215:00 AM ET