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NJ Spotlight--Senate’s education leader steps up and moves on
Headed to a leadership post, Sen. Teresa Ruiz reflects on a decade of running education policy
John Mooney, Education writer | December 15, 2021 | Education
Star Ledger--N.J.’s COVID activity map is all orange, again. Here’s what it means for school quarantines.
Kelly Heyboer | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated: Dec. 15, 2021, 1:23 a.m. | Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 3:04 p.m.
New York Times--Shirley McBay, Pioneering Mathematician, Is Dead at 86
The first Black student to receive a doctorate from the University of Georgia, she devoted her life to advocating for diversity in science and math education.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/science/shirley-mcbay-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
Clay Risen|Dec. 14, 2021
NPR--Where are the students? For a second straight year, school enrollment is dropping
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1062999168/school-enrollment-drops-for-second-straight-year
Anya Kamenetz, Cory Turner| December 15, 20215:35 AM ET
Education Week--Schools Face Fears of ‘Critical Race Theory’ as They Scale Up Social-Emotional Learning
Arianna Prothero & Evie Blad — December 13, 2021 14 min read
Education Dive--Why student data remains at risk — and what educators are doing to protect it
Outdated laws, abundance of state rules and increase in ed tech tools add to the difficulty in protecting students' personal data.
Kara Arundel Reporter| Published Dec. 14, 2021
