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7-29-20 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: NJ Legislation to Shift COVID-19 Costs to Workers’ Comp Would Leave Federal Funds on Table

Shifting workers from federal programs to state-based workers’ compensation ‘places an additional burden on New Jersey businesses and taxpayers’

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/07/op-ed-nj-legislation-to-shift-covid-19-costs-to-workers-comp-would-leave-federal-funds-on-table/

Alida Kass | July 29, 2020 | Opinion, Coronavirus in NJ

 

NY Times--Why Is There No Consensus About Reopening Schools?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/magazine/schools-reopening-covid.html

Kim Tingley| July 29, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

 

Associated Press--Pennsylvania school leaders to state: We need more help

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s existing reopening guidance for schools is too vague, and superintendents and school boards need more specifics from the state Department of Health about how to do it safely, a superintendents group said Monday following a call with Wolf administration officials.

https://apnews.com/d357c0d93260254df12db76ca6ccde55

MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARK SCOLFOROJuly 27, 2020

 

NPR--Teachers Union OKs Strikes If Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures In Place

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/28/896265783/teachers-union-oks-strikes-if-schools-reopen-without-safety-measures-in-place

Brakkton Booker| July 28, 2020

 

Chalkbeat--What do schools need, and what might they get? Making sense of the big numbers that will shape the stimulus bill

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/28/21344958/schools-stimulus-coronavirus-funding-heroes-heals

Matt Barnum Jul 28, 2020, 11:41am EDT