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4-5-21 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: Stimulus money is not a replacement for school funding

NJ school superintendents argue that one-time federal injection of funds is not a substitute for the millions of dollars being stripped from public schools by Senate Bill 2 and state’s broken funding formula

https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/04/federal-stimulus-funds-school-funding-formula-lost-state-school-aid-nj-senate-bill-s-2/

J. Kenyon Kummings, Charles Sampson, Carol Birnbohm | April 5, 2021 | Opinion, Education

 

NJ Spotlight--The complexities of shifting from remote learning to classrooms in NJ

NJ Spotlight News | April 5, 2021 | Education, Coronavirus in NJ

https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/04/the-complexities-of-shifting-from-remote-learning-to-classrooms-in-nj/

 

Star Ledger--It’s time to get back to the classroom | Opinion

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/04/its-time-to-get-back-to-the-classroom-opinion.html

AbdulSaleem Hasan| Star-Ledger Guest Columnist| Updated Apr 03, 12:45 PM; Posted Apr 03, 12:45 PM

 

NY Times--Fed Up With Remote Learning, Governors Make a Push to Reopen Schools

A bipartisan group of governors decided to flex its muscle and get students back into classrooms, despite union resistance and bureaucratic hesitancy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/covid-schools-governors-reopening.html

Kate Taylor| April 3, 2021

 

Education Week--‘I Miss the Interaction': The Pandemic Has Thrown Curveballs at School Counselors

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/i-miss-the-interaction-the-pandemic-has-thrown-curveballs-at-school-counselors/2021/03

Alyson Klein — March 31, 2021

 

Education Dive--Pandemic's K-12 impacts exacerbated by pre-existing disability disparities

https://www.k12dive.com/news/pandemic-impacts-exacerbated-by-pre-COVID-19-disability-disparities/597676/

Kara Arundel @KaraArundel| Published April 1, 2021

 

The Hechinger Report--Parents fighting, teachers crying: Grownup stress is hitting kids hard

Children dealing with their own issues also bear the frustration and fears of the adults closest to them

https://hechingerreport.org/parents-fighting-teachers-crying-grownup-stress-is-hitting-kids-hard/

Kavitha Cardoza April 2, 2021