NY Times--Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere...'
Education Week--‘It Terrifies Me': Clinical Psychologist on Tech Overuse in the Age of AI...'
Education Dive--Ed Dept: Districts should start now to improve 2024-25 attendance...'
The Hechinger Report--How flawed IQ tests prevent kids from getting help in school...'
Philadelphia Inquirer—Students will hear from Ivies Thrusday. Will demographics change since the Supreme Court ruling against race-conscious admissions?...'
NPR--On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for science...'
Education Week--Teachers Spend 2 Hours a Day on TikTok. What Do They Get Out of it?...'
Education Dive--How ESSER propelled improvements at school, district and state levels...'
The Atlantic--The End of Foreign-Language Education...'
Education Week--Most Teens Think AI Won’t Hurt Their Mental Health. Teachers Disagree...'
Education Dive--Teacher layoffs are growing — and won’t be going away anytime soon...'
Education Week--How Schools Can Turn the Solar Eclipse Into an Unforgettable Science Lesson...'
Education Dive--How can districts ensure students have enough social-emotional support?...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline...'
Chalkbeat--Intensive tutoring is great for academics. Now there’s evidence it can boost attendance...'
Education Dive--FY 24 budget proposal cuts Education Department by $500M...'
The Hechinger Report—Opinion: STUDENT VOICE: School boards are a critical piece of democracy. That’s why students must be on them...'
Education Week--The News Media Can Be Especially Depressing for LGBTQ+ Students...'
Chalkbeat--Intensive tutoring is great for academics. Now there’s evidence it can boost attendance...'
Education Dive--Ed Department should ban federal funding for K-12 surveillance tech, civil rights groups say...'
The Atlantic--The Smartphone Kids Are Not All Right...'
NPR--AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education...'
Education Week--History Group Finds Little Evidence of K-12 ‘Indoctrination’...'
Chalkbeat--Supreme Court ruling could give school board members more freedom to block critics on social media...'
Education Dive--What themes are emerging from state AI guidance?...'
Chalkbeat--Long-awaited FAFSA fix means students from immigrant families can finally finish aid applications...'
Education Dive--Supreme Court protects public officials’ free speech rights in social media rulings...'
The Hechinger Report--OPINION: Post-pandemic, our bored and disconnected teenagers need a whole lot more than high-dosage tutoring...'
Washington Post—The education of a true believer...'
Education Week--When Blocking Social Media Critics, School Officials Have Protections, Supreme Court Says...'
Education Dive--Learning shouldn’t take a summer break, White House and Ed Dept say...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says...'
NY Times--James Crumbley Found Guilty in Michigan School Shooting Trial...'
Chalkbeat--Grocery cards and car repairs: How COVID aid changed the way schools can help homeless kids...'
Education Dive--Superintendent pay fails to keep pace with inflation...'
Education Dive--College Board declares launch of shorter, digital SAT a success...'
The Hechinger Report--Calculating the value of data science classes...'
Education Week--Do Teachers Really Earn More After Leaving the Classroom? Not Necessarily...'
Education Dive--Concerns increase around ESSER underspending, fiscal cliffs in last year of aid...'
NY Times--Who Needs Paper? Many Students Embrace the All-Digital SAT...'
NPR--PragerU is a conservative video giant. Here's why it's trying to get into schools...'
Education Week--The 5 Burning Questions for Districts on Grading Reforms...'
Chalkbeat--Many migrant students need mental health support. Here’s why this program is a go-to for schools...'
Edutopia--Authentic Assessment of Teachers in the Hiring Process...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better...
NY Times--No More No. 2 Pencils: The SAT Goes Fully Digital...'
Washington Post--Congress curtails move expanding Pell Grant access for some students...'
Education Week--DATA: 5 Key Insights Into America’s Teachers...'
Education Dive--Can microcredentialing help address teacher shortages?...'
Education Week--The ‘Difficult, Beautiful’ Work of Teaching...'
Education Dive--No more ‘shake it off’: School athletic programs adapt to concussion research...'
Education Week--Suburban Segregation Is Rising. What States and Districts Can Do...'
Education Dive--As the Affordable Connectivity Program sunsets, what’s next for schools?...'
Education Dive--Another continuing resolution pushes FY 24 education funding decision to March 22...'
The Hechinger Report--Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?...'
Wall Street Journal--Why Teachers Are Still Leaving the Profession...'
Education Week--CDC Recommends Shorter Isolation Period for COVID-19...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: The surprising effectiveness of having kids study why they failed...'
Education Week--A Superintendent Explains Why Her District Is Suing Social Media Companies...'
Edutopia--Quality Media Literacy Requires More than Toothless Laws, Educators Say...'
NPR--The secret world behind school fundraisers and turning kids into salespeople...'
Education Week--Dartmouth and Yale Are Backtracking on ‘Test-Optional’ Admissions. Why That Matters...'
Education Dive--How do equitable grading practices affect expectations?...'
The Hechinger Report--An unexpected way to fight chronic absenteeism...'
Washington Post—Opinion: An ‘education legend’ has created an AI that will change your mind about AI...'
Education Week--Most Schools Have Early-Warning Systems. Some Kids Are Still Getting Lost...'
Chalkbeat--N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy’s 2025 budget proposal outlines plan to fully fund school aid formula...'
Education Dive--How can conflict resolution be embedded in classrooms?...'
Insider NJ--Hitting the Books, or Just Banning Them...'
Wall Street Journal--Most Teachers Say Schools Should Teach That the Legacy of Slavery Persists...'
Education Week--Schools Prioritize Reading Intervention. But What About Math?...'
Edutopia--The Overlooked Qualities That Signal Future Success—and How to Nurture Them...'
The Hechinger Report--‘Simpler’ FAFSA complicates college plans for students, families...'
Star Ledger--Some parents furious over plan to allow 14-year-olds to seek mental health counseling...'
The Record--NJ bill would protect librarians from harassment amid push to ban books...'
NY Times—(Opinion): We Owe It to Nex Benedict to Do Better by Bullied Teens...'
Education Week--Bilingual Teachers Are in Short Supply. How 3 Districts Solved That Problem...'
Chalkbeat—Politicians love to talk abou race and LGBTQ issues in school. Teachers and teens, not so much...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading...'
NY Times--Support for Teaching Gender Identity in School Is Split, Even Among Democrats...'
Education Week--Teachers Say They Have Little Influence in Curriculum Debates...'
Education Dive--Multilingual teachers in short supply as newcomer needs grow...'
Education Week--High School Students Think They Are Ready for College. But They Aren’t...'
Education Dive--Ed Dept: Common medical conditions have disability protections...'
Edutopia--When Black History Meets Women’s History...'
NPR--K-12 students learned a lot last year, but they're still missing too much school...'
Education Week--AI Is Common Thread Through the Big Challenges Schools Are Facing, New Report Says...'
Education Dive--How lockerless schools are shaping building design...'
NY Times--Teachers Are Missing More School, and There Are Too Few Substitutes...'
Education Week--Most Superintendents Try to Avoid Politics. This Group Encourages Them to Lean In...'
Chalkbeat--Unaccompanied homeless youth are overlooked. A new book shows what it means to give them support...'
Education Dive--How HBCUs are building a stronger Black teacher pipeline...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: The chronic absenteeism puzzle...'
NPR--FAFSA delays put pressure on overstretched school counselors...'
Education Week--School Dress Codes Often Target Girls. What Happens When Male Teachers Have to Enforce Them?...'
Chalkbeat--Newark youth vote in school board elections delayed to 2025. Advocates look to get teens ready for next year...'
Wall Street Journal—AI Is Tutoring Students, but Still Struggles With Basic Math...'
Education Week--The Average U.S. School Building Dates Back to the End of the Vietnam War...'
Education Dive--Deepfakes heighten the need for media literacy in the age of AI...'
The Hechinger Report--COLUMN: The climate change lesson plans teachers need and don’t have...'
Mary Ann Koruth NorthJersey.com | February 15, 2024 |
NJ Monitor--New bill targeting book censorship at libraries leads to partisan clash...'
Education Week--Substitute Teachers Need Support, Too. See How One State Is Helping...'
Chalkbeat--NYC sues TikTok, Instagram, and other social media companies over youth mental health crisis...'
The Hechinger Report--On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not...'
Education Week--ESSER Isn’t the Only School Funding Relief That’s Disappearing Soon...'
InsiderNJ--Book Battle Explodes in Zwicker Versus Peterson Showdown...'
The Atlantic--Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading...'
NPR--Teacher training programs don't always use research-backed reading methods...'
Education Week—Opinion:What I Wish I Knew About Teaching Black History Before I Left the Classroom...'
Education Dive--What does successful education reform look like?...'
The Hechinger Report--Schools are sending more kids to psychiatrists out of fears of campus violence, prompting concern from clinicians...'
The Record--Why does the NJ Schools Development Authority face a budget shortfall in the billions?...'
Philadelphia Inquirer—Where are Philly’s teachers going? Here’s what new research on city educators leaving the profession says...'
Education Week--Cough? Sore Throat? More Schools Suggest Mildly Sick Kids Attend Anyway...'
Chalkbeat--This NYC teen wants therapy. Her mom isn’t so sure...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Tracking student data falls short in combating absenteeism at school...'
NY Times--Some Colleges Are Pivoting as FAFSA Delays Drag On...'
Washington Post—States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works...'
Education Week--The NAEP Science Exam Is Getting a Major Update. Here’s What to Expect...'
Chalkbeat--Can you take algebra in eighth grade? In many cases, the answer is no, national survey finds...'
The Hechinger Report--OPINION: More states should require teaching kids how to read the news and spot what’s true and what’s not...'
Education Week--Jury Finds Michigan School Shooter’s Mother Guilty of Manslaughter...'
Education Dive--Historic settlement in California dedicates $2B for learning recovery...'
The Hechinger Report--How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy...'
Education Week--Using Technology for Students in Special Education: What the Feds Want Schools to Know...'
Education Dive--Enrollment takes slight turn up, but still lags behind pre-pandemic levels...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Overscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds...'
Asbury Park Press--Bullying incidents have quadrupled since 2018. Why can't schools do anything about it?...'
NPR--Meet 'Dr. Tatiana,' the professor getting people on TikTok excited about physics...'
Education Week--Do Immigrant Students Help the Academic Outcomes of U.S.-Born Peers? One Study Says Yes...'
The Hechinger Report--One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies...'
Education Week--School District Lawsuits Against Social Media Companies Are Piling Up...'
Chalkbeat--Many schools want to keep tutoring going when COVID money is gone. How will they pay for it?...'
Education Dive--House subcommittee seeks solutions for lagging academics, attendance...'
Education Dive--Ballooning chronic absenteeism requires state intervention...'
Edutopia--Preparing Students With Disabilities for Life Beyond School...'
The Hechinger Report--How can we close the digital divide?...'
Education Dive--Hate crimes more than double at schools, FBI reports...'
Asbury Park Press--Freehold Township schools closed after cyber attack; other schools are vulnerable...'
NY Times--Hate Crimes Reported in Schools Nearly Doubled Between 2018 and 2022...'
Education Week--State Outlines Guidance for Different Levels of AI Use in Classrooms...'
Chalkbeat--Newark residents outraged over removal of teen novel as board changes policy for controversial books...'
Education Dive--How 6 high schools reformed to improve post-pandemic outcomes...'
The Hechinger Report--OPINION: This cannot wait: We need concrete solutions to fight school shootings right now...'
Chalkbeat--A visit to Auschwitz changed how I teach about the Holocaust...'
Education Dive--Education Department pushes principals, districts to spread gun storage awareness...'
Edutopia--Confronting an Epidemic of Drug Use in Schools...'
Education Week--Rx for Reading Gaps: Screen All Students Early for Vision Problems...'
Chalkbeat--A glitch blocks thousands of immigrant families from a new, simpler FAFSA. The fix is TBD...'
Education Dive--Why don’t students like math? Here are 3 reasons...'
Edutopia--Using Place-Based Learning to Celebrate Black History in Elementary School...'
Chalkbeat--Eric Adams says social media is a public health threat to students...'
Education Dive--NCES data sheds light on post-pandemic shifts for SROs, mental health resources...'
Education Dive--Do grow-your-own teacher initiatives need a tighter focus?...'
The Record--How the pandemic made private online tutors a go-to for NJ's public schools...'
NY Times--Jury to Decide if Mother of Michigan School Shooter Is Guilty, Too...'
Education Week--Reading on Screens Worsens Comprehension for Younger Students. What Can Teachers Do?...'
Education Dive--Ed Dept outlines 3 inequities to address in 2024 educational technology plan...'
Education Week--New York Joins the ‘Science of Reading’ Movement, Offering Guidance—Not Mandates...'
Education Dive--Career and technical education faces obstacles to meet demand...'
Edutopia--Puberty Is Starting Earlier—Are Schools Keeping Up?...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Two groups of scholars revive the debate over inquiry vs. direct instruction...'
Education Week--What Does It Mean to ‘Grow Your Own’ Teachers? It Depends...'
Chalkbeat--As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum...'
The Hechinger Report--How the anti-CRT push has unraveled local support for schools...'
Chalkbeat--White House calls for focus on tutoring, summer school, absenteeism as pandemic aid winds down...'
Education Dive--Ed Dept issues updated ARP late liquidation guidance...'
NY Times—Opinion--Don’t Ditch Standardized Tests. Fix Them...'
NPR--'Say Something' tip line in schools flags gun violence threats, study finds...'
Education Week--Supreme Court Declines to Hear School District’s Transgender Restroom Case...'
Education Dive--How 3 districts spent down their ARP money...'
NY Times--Will Chatbots Teach Your Children?...'
Wall Street Journal—When Covid Hit, They Were in Diapers. So Why Are Kindergarteners Struggling?...'
Education Week--What Makes a Strong Early Reading Law? Not Everyone Agrees...'
The Hechinger Report--The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline...'
Education Dive--Relationships matter in education, so why aren’t we better at prioritizing them?...'
InsiderNJ--Newark Takes an ‘Historic’ Step with Voting Age Overhaul...'
Asbury Park Press--How private school students will gain from new busing legislation...'
NPR--The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students. The biggest problem is yet to come...'
Education Week--Teacher Preparation, Explained: Alternative Routes, Enrollment Trends, and More...'
Education Dive--Bullying is linked to school shootings. What do schools need to know?...'
NJ Spotlight--Murphy to stress phonics-based reading in State of the State address...'
Education Week--As Enrollment Declines, Districts Consider Closing Schools...'
Chalkbeat--Gov. Phil Murphy to focus on phonics instruction in schools to improve reading levels among children...'
Education Dive--Concerns rise over long-term financial sustainability of school meals programs...'
NPR--The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students. The biggest problem is yet to come...'
Education Week--Flu and COVID-19 Are Surging. Here’s How Educators Feel About Masking Now...'
Education Dive--Special ed dispute resolution trends mostly return to pre-pandemic levels...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Four lessons from post-pandemic tutoring research...'
Education Dive--Schools on guard against respiratory illnesses...'
Education Week--Reading Aloud to Students Shouldn’t Get Lost in Shift to ‘Science of Reading,’ Teachers Say...'
Chalkbeat--Gov. Hochul wants New York schools to embrace the ‘science of reading.’ Will they?...'
Education Dive--States, districts clarify special education rules for informal removals...'
Ron Lieber | Jan. 1, 2024 |
Education Week--What 2024 Will Bring for K-12 Policy: 5 Issues to Watch...'
Chalkbeat—Education stories we’re watching in 2024...'
Education Dive--5 insights from top school administrators in 2023...'
Asbury Park Press--Is AI reviewing your college applicaiton?...'
NY Times--How Do You Respond to a Young Person Upset by Racist Jokes at School?...'
Wall Street Journal--Education Activists Want to Revive School Integration. Just Don’t Call It Busing...'
Education Week--The ‘Science of Reading’ in 2023: 4 Important Developments...'
Education Dive--4 key school staffing solution themes that emerged in 2023...'
The Hechinger Report--PROOF POINTS: Two studies find scattergrams reduce applications to elite colleges...'
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