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6-12-20 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: We Must Take Stock of Schools’ Response to COVID-19

Educational and policy leaders need to assess which remote learning measures are working, and which aren’t, to better serve students

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/06/op-ed-we-must-take-stock-of-schools-response-to-covid-19/

Harry Lee | June 12, 2020 | Opinion, Education

 

Asbury Park Press--'Before and after': How states are preparing to reopen schools amid coronavirus

https://www.app.com/story/news/education/in-our-schools/2020/06/11/coronavirus-schools-reopening-schools-ny-pa-ct-de-md/5284942002/

Mike Davis, Asbury Park Press Published 5:00 a.m. ET June 11, 2020 | Updated 7:16 a.m. ET June 11, 2020

 

NY Times--Pandemic-Stricken Schools Tell Senate They Need Help to Reopen

The Senate Education Committee held a hearing on returning to “normalcy” this fall, but education leaders said they were struggling with budget cuts and demands to meet health guidelines.

Erica L. Green| June 10, 2020

 

NPR--4 Ways Racial Inequity Harms American Schoolchildren

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875023672/4-ways-racial-inequity-harms-american-school-children

Jeffrey Pierre| June 11, 20201:56 PM ET

 

Education Week--The Socially Distanced School Day

Classrooms. Hallways. Buses. Schedules. Extracurriculars. Every facet of the school day will have to be fundamentally altered when students eventually return to school.

https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/reopening-schools/the-socially-distanced-school-day.html

Madeline Will | June 10, 2020

 

Chalkbeat--In a sign of slow charter growth, feds may let states shift startup funds to help existing schools

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/11/21288600/charter-schools-waiver-department-education-covid

Matt Barnum Jun 11, 2020, 6:56pm EDT

 

Education Dive--Survey: Pandemic has caused teens to experience 'collective trauma'

https://www.educationdive.com/news/survey-pandemic-has-caused-teens-to-experience-collective-trauma/579662/

Linda Jacobson @lrj417| June 12, 2020