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9-12-22 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Charter school advocates disappointed over expansion denials

State cited various reasons for turning them down

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/charter-school-advocates-disappointed-over-expansion-denials/

Melissa Rose Cooper, Correspondent | September 9, 2022 | Education

 

South Jersey Times--Kids, pencils, books return — but not lunch for all | Editorial

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/09/kids-pencils-books-return-but-not-lunch-for-all-editorial.html

South Jersey Times Editorial Board| Published: Sep. 11, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

 

Star Ledger--What’s NJ doing to ensure kids recover from massive learning loss? Not much | Editorial

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/09/whats-nj-doing-to-ensure-kids-recover-from-massive-learning-loss-not-much-editorial.html

Star-Ledger Editorial Board Updated: Sep. 11, 2022, 8:51 p.m.| Published: Sep. 11, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

 

Star Ledger--What should N.J. students born after 9/11 be taught about the terror attacks?

https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/09/students-now-in-school-were-born-after-911-what-should-they-be-taught-about-the-attacks.html

Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, Rob Jennings | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated: Sep. 11, 2022, 8:48 p.m.| Published: Sep. 11, 2022, 7:00 a.m.

 

The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Six puzzling questions from the disastrous NAEP results

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-six-puzzling-questions-from-the-disastrous-naep-results/

Jill Barshay September 12, 2022

 

The Hechinger Report—Opinion: TEACHER VOICE: How the sad shadow of book banning shuts down conversations and lacerates librarians

Banning books that openly discuss racism, violence and human pain does not protect students from these realities

https://hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-how-the-sad-shadow-of-book-banning-shuts-down-conversations-and-lacerates-librarians/

Tim Donahue September 12, 2022

 

NY Times--American Schools Got a $190 Billion Covid Windfall. Where Is It Going?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/magazine/covid-aid-schools.html?searchResultPosition=1

Charley Locke| Published Sept. 8, 2022Updated Sept. 9, 2022

 

The Atlantic--The Problem With Kindergarten

Early education is vital. So why aren’t students guaranteed access to it?

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/09/us-early-education-kindergarten-access-problem/671379/

Keija Parssinen| September 9, 2022

 

Education Week--Social-Emotional Learning Coalition Will Fight Back Against Politically Charged Attacks

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/social-emotional-learning-coalition-will-fight-back-against-politically-charged-attacks/2022/09

Alyson Klein — September 08, 2022

 

Education Dive--Less than 1 in 5 Americans would recommend teaching to young people

Survey respondents identified inadequate pay, insufficient resources, large workload and stressful environments as top barriers for the profession.

https://www.k12dive.com/news/less-than-1-in-5-americans-would-recommend-teaching-to-young-people/631528/

Naaz Modan Senior Reporter| Published Sept. 9, 2022