Quality Public Education for All New Jersey Students

 

6-28-21 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Back to School in NJ: What to expect this fall

School leaders turn their attention to planning for a return to normal this fall

https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/06/back-to-school-in-nj-what-to-expect-this-fall/

NJ Spotlight News | June 28, 2021 | Roundtables, Education

 

NPR--Administrators Turn To Summer School To Address Pandemic Gaps

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/27/1010677003/administrators-turn-to-summer-school-to-address-pandemic-gaps

Rosemary Misdary| June 27, 20218:00 AM ET

 

Education Week--Why More Schools Are Excusing Student Absences for Mental Health

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/why-more-schools-are-excusing-student-absences-for-mental-health/2021/06

Catherine Gewertz — June 24, 2021 7 min read

 

Education Dive--Lawmakers show division on instruction around racism in America

https://www.k12dive.com/news/lawmakers-show-divisions-about-instruction-of-racism-in-america/602428/

Kara Arundel| Published June 25, 2021

 

The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Should parents value academic achievement or academic growth in a school?

A online experiment found that information on how much kids learned at school, not how high they scored on tests, nudged parents to more racially integrated schools

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-should-parents-value-academic-achievement-or-academic-growth-in-a-school/

Jill Barshay June 28, 2021