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GSCS Statement Condemning Violence Motivated by Race, Ethnicity or Sexual Orientation
With the recent spate of violent bias-based crimes and other incidences of hatred based on perceived characteristics of individuals or groups, the Garden State Coalition of Schools wants to reaffirm our support of all those who advocate for the changes that will put an end to those expressions of hatred and promote increased understanding and peaceful resolution of conflict in our communities.
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10-22-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Push for anonymous reporting of threats to schools...' The Atlantic--Why Some People Become Lifelong Readers...'

Education Week--Even in Academic Classes, Schools Focus on Building Students’ Workforce Skills...'

Education Dive--ACT, SAT scores decline year over year...'

10-21-24 Education in the News
Star Ledger--18 N.J. school districts will get more pre-K seats. Here’s the list...' Education Week--Most Teens Believe Conspiracy Theories, See News as Biased. What Can Schools Do?...'

Chalkbeat--Some NYC teachers experiment with AI-powered tools, while Education Department develops guidelines...'

Education Dive--AI discipline lawsuit highlights need for school policies...'

10-18-24 Education in the News
NY Times--Father and Son Indicted on Murder Charges for Georgia School Shooting...' Education Week--Schools Have Fewer Teacher Vacancies This Year. But Hiring Is Still Not Easy...'

Chalkbeat--Holocaust education is essential, but it’s not enough to curb antisemitism...'

10-16-24 Education in the News
Education Week--The Fight Over DEI Continues. Can We Find Common Ground?...' Education Dive--Adults back classroom cellphone bans but are less supportive of all-day limits...'
10-15-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--CDC: Transgender high schoolers at greater risk of violence...' Education Week--The U.S. Department of Education, Explained...'

Education Dive--What to know about ghost guns and their impact on K-12...'

The Hechinger Report--Norway law decrees: Let childhood be childhood...'

10-14-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Push to ditch plastic utensils in restaurants, schools...' MyCentralJersey.comThe 10 best public schools in Union County, per new ranking...'

NY Times--Nevada Asked A.I. Which Students Need Help. The Answer Caused an Outcry...'

Education Week--How Students With Disabilities Fare in Both Charter and Regular Public Schools...'

Education Dive--More than 323K adults answer White House call to work with students...'

The Hechinger Report--Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach...'

10-11-24
The Record--NJ can't find enough school bus drivers. Here's one way to fill the gap...' Education Week--A School Board Tried to Make Public Comments Civil. It Went Too Far, Court Says...'

NJ Times (via Chalkbeat)--The 10 most common questions teenagers asked about the election...'

Education Dive--AAP: Suspensions, expulsions harm students’ mental and physical health...'

10-10-24 Education in the News
Op-Ed: It’s time to revamp teacher evaluation in NJ...' Education Week--Here’s How Many High Schoolers Are Transgender—and How They’re Faring in Schools...'

Chalkbeat--For many immigrant students, school is their one safe place...'

Education Dive--1 in 3 teens reports experiencing racism in school...'

The Hechinger Report--The 6 surprising education issues at stake in the election...'

10-9-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Should 16-year-olds vote? More and more say yes...' NJ Spotlight--NJ attorney general sues TikTok, alleges app is harmful to teens...'

The Ledger--Chaos' surrounding NCAA settlement is leaving high school athletes in the lurch...'

Education Week--Students Feel Less Connected to School. Here’s Why That Matters...'

Chalkbeat--How to get ‘school avoidant’ students with disabilities back to class? Lawsuit pushes for solutions...'

10-8-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Financial aid form delayed again...' NJ Monitor--Officials weigh how to keep cellphones out of students’ hands...'

Education Week--Why Are States So Slow to Release Test Scores?...'

Education Dive--What K-12 should know as SCOTUS begins October 2024 term...'

10-7-24 Education in the News
Star Ledger--Gov. Murphy ‘disturbed’ by school leaders making obscene salaries, living in Florida...' Philadelphia Inquirer—A statewide high in the number of Pa.’s special ed students has led to a ‘dire’ shortage of trained school staff...'

NY Times--For Some Children, Hurricane Helene’s Ruin ‘Could Take Years to Get Over’...'

Education Week--A District’s Experiment: What Happens When Schools Do Less Testing?...'

Edutopia--Using Edtech in Service of Human Connections...'

The Hechinger Report--Why an end-of-the alphabet last name could skew your grades...'

10-4-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Op-Ed: NJ’s ‘half-measures and empty promises’ on school facilities...' Education Week--What Educators Have to Say About Parents Texting and Calling Their Kids During School...'

Education Week--Are Parents Giving Their Kids Too Many Mental Health Days?...'

Chalkbeat--Kids like free school meals. States are trying to reel in the costs...'

Education Dive--These 6 steps are key for responding to anonymous school threats...'

10-3-24 Education in the News
10-2-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Murphy pushes lower voting age for school elections...' The Atlantic--The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books...'

Education Week--How Do Today’s High Schoolers Fare As They Enter Adulthood? View the Data...'

Chalkbeat--Protein bars, paper, a rabbit: What teachers buy for their classrooms with their own cash...'

Education Dive--How educators can help students learn to resolve conflict and move forward...'

10-1-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--NJ lawmakers move to protect libraries...' NY Times--A Plan to Fund High School Newspapers Seeks to Revive Student Journalism...'

Washington Post--After bungling financial aid process, Ed Dept. begins testing new FAFSA...'

Education Week--What Educators Have to Say About Competency-Based Education...'

Chalkbeat—Op-Ed: I’m a Gen Z teacher. Schools rely too much on Chromebooks...'

Education Dive--Where does teacher diversity stand?..."

The Hechinger Report--Education that convinces kids the world isn’t doomed...'

9-30-24 Education in the News
The Record--North Jersey school boards join in calls for reform to state aid funding formula...' Education Week--How Should High School Change? These Districts May Have the Answer...'

Chalkbeat--State test scores highlight ongoing need to support Newark Public Schools student academic recovery...'

Education Dive--Biden administration issues executive order to improve active shooter drills...'

9-27-24 Education in the News
Education Week--Democrats and Republicans Agree Teacher Prep Needs to Change. But How?...' Education Week--Students Are ‘Digital Natives,’ But Here’s Where They Struggle...'

Chalkbeat--Haitian immigrants have dealt with lies and stereotypes for decades. Here’s how educators can help...'

Education Dive--Schools lack supports for victims of sexually explicit deepfake and real images...'

9-26-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Threat assessment teams required in NJ schools but impact hard to measure...' The Record--NJ school districts scramble to spend last of COVID aid as deadline looms...'

NY Times--As School Threats Proliferate, More Than 700 Students Are Arrested...'

Education Week--Students Are Sharing Sexually Explicit ‘Deepfakes.’ Are Schools Prepared?...'

Education Dive--How AI could benefit school business officials...'

The Hechinger Report--‘Opportunities,’ not poverty alone, predict later-life success for children...'

9-25-24 Education in the News
Education Week--There’s No Evidence That History Teachers Are ‘Indoctrinating’ Students, Report Says...' NPR--Watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco, from a birthday bug to call center failures...'

Chalkbeat--Haitian immigrants have dealt with lies and stereotypes for decades. Here’s how educators can help...'

Education Dive--Districts balk at 2024 Title IX rule amid legal turmoil...'

9-24-24 Education in the News
Star Ledger--N.J. Teacher of the Year named in secret ceremony that left her ‘1,000% surprised’...' Star Ledger--11 new National Blue Ribbon Schools named in N.J...'

Philadelphia Inquirer—Teaching civics helps to understand government—and how to change it for the better...'

Washington Post--It’s Banned Books Week. LGBTQ+ content tops the most-challenged list...'

The Atlantic--How to Save Outdoor Recess...'

Education Dive--How can districts control the growing costs of special education?...'

9-23-24 Education in the News
Star Ledger--Kids caught bullying will lose cell phone privileges in N.J. school district...' NJ Monitor--Lawmakers debate automatic tickets for drivers who blow by stopped school buses...'

NY Times--Newsom Signs Bill That Adds Protections for Children on Social Media...'

The Atlantic--Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids...'

Education Week--Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Has Consequences. What Schools Can Do to Help...'

Education Dive--Despite growing gun violence concerns, teachers say drills don’t help...'

9-20-24 Education in the News
Asbury Park Press--Toms River schools to sue state next week, seeking more funding...' NY Times--History Teachers Are Replacing Textbooks With the Internet...'

Chalkbeat--COVID money countdown: Schools exhaust pandemic aid as federal help winds down...'

Education Dive--Student cellphone limits raise concerns over disability rights...'

9-19-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Rash of online threats to NJ schools after Georgia shooting...' The Record--NJ providing naloxone at no cost to school districts to prevent drug overdose deaths...'

NJ Globe--Majority of special school election ballot questions fail...'

NPR--Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school...'

Education Week--What Schools Can Do to Make Teens Smarter Users of AI...'

Education Dive--Aging infrastructure, budget constraints weigh on K-12 facilities teams...'

9-17-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--New path to teacher certification for paraprofessionals in Camden...' Education Week--What Is Standards-Based Grading, and How Does It Work?...'

Chalkbeat--This civics teacher wants his students to know: The government is made up of people just like you...'

9-16-24 Education in the News
Chalkbeat--Monitoring ends of Newark Public Schools’ compliance with special education timelines...' InsiderNJ—Press Release: NJ Departments of Human Services and Education Make Overdose-Antidote Naloxone Accessible to All School Districts...'

NY Times--Why Some Christians Don’t Want to Bring the Bible Into Public Schools...'

The Atlantic--How School Drop-Off Became a Nightmare...'

Education Week--Inside One District’s Experiment With Competency-Based Education...'

Chalkbeat--Why do parents oppose cell phone bans? They want to reach their kids if ‘the worst happens.’...'

Education Dive--Women lead just 30% of large school districts...'

9-13-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--School shootings and threats raise anxiety over safety...' NJ Spotlight--Teachers resort to online fundraisers to equip classrooms...'

Asbury Park Press--Who are highest paid public school employees in New Jersey? Top 10 revealed here...'

Education Week--The New Title IX Regulation and Legal Battles Over It, Explained...'

Education Dive--Parents push back on school cellphone bans...'

9-12-24 Education in the News
The Record--HS sports participation continues to grow in NJ as national numbers hit record highs...' Asbury Park Press—Op-Ed: We have to stop the sale of illegal disposable vapes to New Jersey children...'

NPR--Schools are putting vape detectors in bathrooms — paid for by Juul...'

Education Week--‘Equality’ and ‘Equity’ Are Different. But in Thriving Schools, They Coexist...'

Education Dive--Mental health services least accessible for students most likely to seek them...'

9-11-24 Education in the News
The Record--These 11 schools in North Jersey are serving as models in pandemic recovery...' Education Week--We Can’t Wait for Someone Else to Stop School Shootings...'

Education Week--Has Superintendent Turnover Gotten Any Better? What New Data Show...'

Education Dive--Common App to expand direct admissions effort...'

The Hechinger Report--109 degrees on the first day of school? In some districts, extreme heat is delaying when students go back...'

9-10-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Parents, caregivers under growing stress...' NJ Spotlight--To fill teacher shortages, some districts go virtual...'

The Record--This Passaic County district is latest to crack down on cellphone use in schools...'

NPR--Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. But students miss their headphones...'

Education Week--Civics Is Getting Harder to Teach, Principals Say...'

Education Dive--Was ESSER funding successful? Superintendents say it’s hard to generalize...'

9-9-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Updates to NJ teacher evaluation system expected soon...' Jersey Journal--Two Jersey City public schools pilot plan to remove cellphones from classrooms; will district follow suit?...'

The Record--Discipline in schools infringes on NJ disability rights, says mom. Why it still happens...'

NY Times--If a Threat Is Not a Crime, Can the Police Prevent a School Shooting?...'

Education Week--Schools Have Their Work Cut Out to Get STEM Teachers. Here’s How to Do It...'

Chalkbeat--14 states pledge to cut chronic absenteeism rates by half over 5 years...'

Edutopia--5 Essential Tech Talks to Have With Students...'

The Hechinger Report--Tutoring advocate delves into how the extra academic attention is actually going. His new study shows that students aren’t benefiting much...'

9-6-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--NJ is changing how school districts are evaluated...' Paterson Press--Paterson school district approves $2M for online courses amid teacher shortage...'

NY Times--Facing Entrenched School Segregation, a State Tries Something New...'

Washington Post—Security alerts at Apalachee helped save lives, officials say...'

Education Week--Why Responding to Student Threats Is So Complicated...'

Education Week--The Georgia School Shooting May Accelerate the Backlash to Cellphone Bans...'

Education Dive--Americans’ satisfaction with K-12 education rises from record low...'

Edutopia--7 Research Findings About Technology and Education...'

9-5-24 Education in the News
Education Dive--At least 4 dead, 9 injured after mass shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School...' NJ Spotlight--Hospitals see increase in health impacts from childhood trauma...'

MyCentralJersey.com--NJ agrees with Branchburg schools’ decision to ban student from graduation...'

NJ Monitor--Senator preparing bill that could mandate school consolidation, shared services...'

Education Week--How Peer Mentors Can Ease the Transitions to Middle and High School...'

Chalkbeat--How are students doing since COVID? Good luck finding out from your state’s school report card...'

9-4-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Questions over possible NJ school cellphone ban...' NY Times--From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’...'

Education Week--The Common App Used to Be Primarily for Private Colleges. That’s Changed...'

Chalkbeat--Chalkbeat’s guide to back-to-school-night meetings...'

Education Dive--Are chronic absenteeism interventions working?...'

The Hechinger Report--At Moms for Liberty’s national summit, a singular focus on anti-trans issues...'

9-3-24 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--Back-to-school days can be too hot to learn, not enough air conditioning...' Star Ledger--More than 150 jobs still open in N.J. school district struggling to find teachers...'

NJ Spotlight--Youth mental health still an issue in new school year...'

Educators, health care providers and mental health advocates are working on strategies to help...'

Morristown Daily Record--Grants allow big savings on electric school buses. So why has NJ been slow to adopt?...'

MyCentralJersey.com--These are the Central Jersey school superintendent salaries by district, NJ's 10 most paid...'

Washington Post—The country’s largest publishers sue Florida over school book bans...'

Wall Street Journal--Teachers Are Burning Out on the Job...'

Education Week--5 Ways Teachers Want Administrators to Support Them...'

Education Dive--Teachers need resources for reading instruction, especially in older grades...'

The Hechinger Report--Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests...'

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