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6-18-20 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: An ER Doctor’s Perspective on How to Safely Reopen and to Prepare for the Next Health Threat

Key to recovery is understanding — and balancing — community context, economics, education, physical environment and health care systems

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/06/op-ed-an-er-doctors-perspective-on-how-to-safely-reopen-and-to-prepare-for-the-next-health-threat/

Dr. Novneet Sahu | June 18, 2020 | Opinion, Coronavirus in NJ

 

Star Ledger--N.J. to reveal strategy for pre-K to 12th grade schools reopening next week. New college rules provide some hints.

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/06/nj-to-reveal-strategy-for-pre-k-to-12th-grade-schools-reopening-next-week-new-college-rules-provide-some-hints.html

Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Jun 17, 2020; Posted Jun 17, 2020

 

NY Times--Thomas Freeman, Debate Coach With Broad Influence, Dies at 100

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/thomas-freeman-debate-coach-with-broad-influence-dies-at-100.html

His Texan Southern University team rose to national prominence, and Martin Luther King Jr., Barbara Jordan and Denzel Washington all learned from him.

 

Education Week--Only One in Five Schools Offered 'Rigorous' Remote Learning, Study Says

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2020/06/remote_learning_achievement_gap.html

Mark Lieberman on June 15, 2020 3:21 PM

 

Education Dive--Fast Forward: Hybrid models could prove effective. Are they here to stay?

As educators prepare to potentially teach both in person and online in fall, blended learning could be a change that lasts beyond the coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/fast-forward-hybrid-models-could-prove-effective-are-they-here-to-stay/579782/

Naaz Modan @NaazModan | Published June 17, 2020

 

The Hechinger Report--Research evidence for summer learning

Disappointing results for in-person summer school programs hint that short virtual programs may not be successful

https://hechingerreport.org/research-evidence-for-summer-learning/

 

Jill Barshay June 15, 2020