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7-31-20 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--NJ School Reopening: What’s Next as Plans Are Made to Open Classrooms

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/07/nj-school-reopening-whats-next-as-plans-are-made-to-open-classrooms/

Lawmakers, unions and activists are weighing in as schools work out details

John Mooney | July 31, 2020 | Education, Coronavirus in NJ

 

Star Ledger--Teachers hit the streets to protest reopening schools during pandemic. ‘It’s not safe.'

https://www.nj.com/education/2020/07/teachers-in-this-nj-county-hit-the-streets-to-protest-reopening-schools-during-pandemic-its-not-safe.html

Avalon Zoppo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Jul 30, 2020; Posted Jul 30, 2020

 

The Record--'What is he going to lose?': How NJ parents are weighing whether to send kids back to school

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2020/07/31/coronavirus-nj-families-debate-whether-send-kids-back-school/5463219002/

Hannan Adely| NorthJersey.com| July 31, 2020

 

NY Times--What Back to School MightLook Like in the Age of Covid-19

An illustrated guide to how schools will try to control the coronavirus when students return to their classrooms, this fall or in the future.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/29/us/schools-reopening-coronavirus.html

Text by Dana Goldstein Illustrations by Yuliya Parshina-Kottas| Produced by Aliza Aufrichtig| July 29, 2020

 

NY Times--$25,000 Pod Schools: How Well-to-Do Children Will Weather the Pandemic

“This is our emergency fund,” said one parent considering a pod school. “And this is our emergency.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/nyregion/pod-schools-hastings-on-hudson.html

David Zweig| July 30, 2020

 

NPR--What Are Parents Doing For Child Care? Here Are 3 Options (With Trade-Offs)

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/31/897164159/what-are-parents-doing-for-child-care-here-are-3-options-with-trade-offs

Anya Kamenetz|  July 31, 20207:00 AM ET

 

Education Week--Could the 'Pandemic Pod' Be a Lifeline for Parents or a Threat to Equity?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/07/29/could-the-pandemic-pod-be-a-lifeline.html

Christina A. Samuels and Arianna Prothero| July 29, 2020