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12-16-20 Education in the News

Star Ledger--Don’t expect a snow day, N.J. superintendent tells kids. Remote learning marches on.

https://www.nj.com/education/2020/12/no-snow-days-for-some-nj-schools-as-virtual-school-can-still-happen-even-in-a-winter-storm.html

Rob Jennings | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020

 

Insider NJ--Testa Urges NJDOE to Improve Guidance for Special Education Students During Pandemic

Says Corners Being Cut on IEPs, Special Needs Students Risk Falling Behind

https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/testa-urges-njdoe-improve-guidance-special-education-students-pandemic/

December 15, 2020, 3:34 pm |

 

NPR--New Studies Show The Pandemic Highlights Inequality In U.S. Education System

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136613/new-studies-show-the-pandemic-highlights-inequality-in-u-s-education-system

December 10, 20203:56 PM ET

 

Education Week--How Betsy DeVos Bent the Nation’s Education Debate in Four Tense Years

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/how-betsy-devos-bent-the-nations-education-debate-in-four-tense-years/2020/12

Andrew Ujifusa — December 14, 2020 12 min read

 

Chalkbeat--Newark schools are ramping up virtual tutoring. Will it be enough to combat pandemic learning loss?

https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/15/22176662/newark-virtual-tutoring-learning-loss

Patrick Wall Dec 15, 2020, 2:05pm EST

 

DiveK12 (Education Dive)-Federal agencies: K-12 schools face heightened cyberthreats

https://www.k12dive.com/news/K12-schools-cyberattack-CISA-alert/592148/

David Jones| Published Dec. 14, 2020