NJ Spotlight--PARCC Peace Breaks Out: Compromise Is Reached on High School Testing
Commissioner Repollet and State Board of Education agree on fewer tests, more flexibility. Questions remain
The Murphy administration and the State Board of Education reached a compromise on the future of high school testing in New Jersey that will mean a couple of fewer tests going forward and more flexibility on what counts toward graduation.
John Mooney | October 4, 2018
New State Funding for Autism Center to Boost Research and Treatment
Aim is also to improve services for the thousands of New Jersey residents who have some form of the disorder
The site of the highest rate of childhood autism nationwide, New Jersey will also now be home to a center dedicated to improving research, treatment, and services for the tens of thousands of residents living with some form of the disorder.
Lilo H. Stainton | October 4, 2018
NJ Spotlight--Murphy Announces Grants to Gear Up Schools for Science and Tech
School districts have until October 25 to apply for program that’s aimed at bringing computer science, other advanced courses to high schools
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/18/10/03/murphy-announces-grants-to-fire-up-stem-in-schools/
NJTV News Online | October 4, 2018
Star Ledger--These PARCC tests were just spared a death sentence
The most controversial standardized test in New Jersey history is now becoming the most difficult one to kill.
Gov. Phil Murphy's proposal to eliminate four of the six PARCC exams for high school students never made it to a vote before the state Board of Education on Wednesday.
Instead, the board revised Murphy's plan and granted preliminary approval to end just one exam, the 11th grade English test, although many students will now take two fewer tests.
Adam Clark| Updated Oct 3, 9:47 PM; Posted Oct 3, 4:38 PM
Star Ledger--This N.J. teacher just won the state's top teaching award
Jennifer Skomial she spends her days teaching high school students how to become teachers. Now, she's New Jersey's state Teacher of the Year.
Adam Clark| Updated Oct 3, 12:29 PM; Posted Oct 3, 12:29 PM
Washington Post--Education Department rolls out new federal student app
WASHINGTON — The Education Department is unveiling a mobile program intended to make it easier for students to apply for federal financial aid.
Maria Danilova | AP| October 2 at 4:33 PM
Education Week—Commentary: We Already Know School Starts Too Early. It's Time to Do Something About It
Teenagers shouldn't have to go to class while half asleep
Common sense, as a general idea, seems easy to define. But when it comes to the time that middle and high school students start school in most places across the United States, the education community has been doing it wrong—with numerous, hard-to-ignore studies, sleep experts, and national organizations rightly blasting the negative impact on adolescents to begin class around 7:30 a.m.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/03/we-already-know-school-starts-too-early.html
David Polochanin| October 2, 2018