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6-15-20 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Roundtable: What’s Working in Remote Instruction

In this latest ‘School’s Out’ roundtable, a superintendent, parent and two teachers evaluate three months of distance learning — and what went right

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/06/roundtable-whats-working-in-remote-instruction/

John Mooney | June 15, 2020 | Roundtables, Education

 

NJ Spotlight--Q&A: Community Colleges Aim to Take Point in Post-Coronavirus Recovery

Aaron Fichtner, president of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, discusses how these institutions have evolved to better serve today’s students and how those students will transform the state

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/06/qa-community-colleges-aim-to-take-point-in-post-coronavirus-recovery/

Sheila Noonan | June 15, 2020 | Education, Coronavirus in NJ

 

Star Ledger--Will N.J. schools be ready to reopen in the fall? Inside the scramble for an elusive plan.

https://www.nj.com/education/2020/06/will-nj-schools-be-ready-to-reopen-in-the-fall-inside-the-scramble-for-an-elusive-plan.html

Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Jun 13, 12:24 PM; Posted Jun 13, 9:47 AM

 

Star Ledger--Summer school can start July 6 in N.J. — and it can be in person, Murphy says

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/06/summer-school-returns-to-nj-on-july-6-and-it-can-be-in-person-murphy-says.html

Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Jun 12, 2020; Posted Jun 12, 2020

 

NY Times--How 132 Epidemiologists Are Deciding When to Send Their Children to School

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/upshot/epidemiologists-decisions-children-school-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=3

Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz| Published June 12, 2020Updated June 14, 2020

 

NY Times--Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief

Charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, are securing coronavirus relief meant for businesses even as they also benefit from public school aid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/politics/charter-schools-relief-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=2

Erica L. Green| June 15, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

 

Education Week--Managing Buses May Be the Hardest Part of Reopening Schools

Madeline Will| June 10, 2020

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/11/managing-buses-may-be-the-hardest-part.html

 

Politics K-12 9via Education Week)--Restart In-Person Classes or Lose Federal Aid, Two Lawmakers Say in Messaging Bill

Two members of Congress have a proposition for schools: Figure out how to resume in-person classes next fall, or lose your federal funding.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/06/schools-restart-in-person-classes-lose-federal-aid-GOP-bill.html

Andrew Ujifusa on June 12, 2020 12:01 PM

 

Politics K-12 (via Education Week)-This Survey Data Indicates How Schools Plan to Use Federal COVID-19 Aid

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/06/schools-covid-aid-survey-data-use.html

Andrew Ujifusa on June 11, 2020 3:55 PM

 

Education Dive--Teachers can equip students with tools to 'demolish' racism

https://www.educationdive.com/news/teachers-can-equip-students-with-tools-to-demolish-racism/579029/

Annie Sheehan| June 11, 2020