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5-14-19 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Jersey City, Poster Child for What’s Wrong with School-Funding Reform?

The district says cuts to state aid mean teacher layoffs and canceled after-school programs, but some pols and advocates argue Jersey City has the means to end its budget shortfall

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/19/05/14/is-jersey-city-the-poster-child-for-whats-wrong-with-school-funding-reform/

Carly Sitrin and John Mooney | May 14, 2019

 

 

Jersey Journal (via NJ.com)--Hundreds protest budget cuts, planned teacher layoffs at Jersey City schools

JERSEY CITY — More than 300 parents, teachers and students crowded inside School 26 on Monday night to demand Jersey City school board members find a way to avoid massive cuts to school staffing and educational programs.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/05/hundreds-protest-budget-cuts-planned-teacher-layoffs-at-jersey-city-schools.html

Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal| Posted May 13, 8:13 PM

 

 

Asbury Park Press—Op-Ed--State Must Pay More for Special Education in New Jersey—Gopal

   The state should allocate funds from across New Jersey to assist schools with large special education programs.

https://www.app.com/get-access/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.app.com%2Fstory%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2F2019%2F05%2F13%2Fnj-special-education-funding-solution-school-aid-problem-gopal%2F1191050001%2F

 

The Hechinger Report--Sending your boy to preschool is great for your grandson, new research shows

Children of parents who attended a high-quality preschool program in the 1960s were better educated, healthier, better employed and more likely to stay stably married, especially if they were boys born to preschool-educated fathers.

https://hechingerreport.org/sending-your-boy-to-preschool-is-great-for-your-grandson-new-research-shows/

Lillian Mongeau| May 14, 2019