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12-22-20 Education in the News

Washington Post--Biden poised to pick Connecticut schools chief as education secretary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/biden-education-secretary/2020/12/21/a1681e36-43d0-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html

Laura Meckler, Matt Viser and Valerie Strauss| Dec. 21, 2020 at 11:43 p.m. EST

 

NJ Spotlight--Roundtable: Child care as a key to NJ’s economic recovery

Reimagining child care in New Jersey, funding and access

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/12/roundtable-nj-child-care-economics-reimagining-cost-access-tuition-assistance-covid-19-coronavirus-pressures/

John Mooney, Education writer | December 22, 2020 | Roundtables

 

Star Ledger--Teachers, cops, grocery workers: Here’s who will get the coronavirus vaccine next

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/12/cdc-releases-guidelines-on-who-will-get-the-vaccine-next-including-teachers-cops-grocery-workers.html

Karin Price Mueller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020

 

Star Ledger--More N.J. schools switching to all-remote classes as COVID-19 cases rise, winter break nears, Murphy says

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/12/more-nj-schools-switching-to-all-remote-classes-as-covid-19-cases-rise-winter-break-nears-murphy-says.html

Alex Napoliello | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com| Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020

 

Insider NJ--Governor Murphy Announces $10 Million to Expand High-Quality Preschool Education

https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/governor-murphy-announces-10-million-expand-high-quality-preschool-education/

December 21, 2020, 2:44 pm

 

Education Week--The Teaching Profession in 2020 (in Charts)

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/the-teaching-profession-in-2020-in-charts/2020/12

Madeline Will — December 18, 2020 8 min read

 

Chalkbeat--The wait is nearly over: Congress set to provide over $50 billion for public schools

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/21/22193842/schools-stimulus-covid-money

Matt Barnum Updated Dec 21, 2020, 6:08pm EST

 

Education Dive--Digital self-harm on the rise among students, study finds

https://www.k12dive.com/news/digital-self-harm-on-the-rise-among-students-study-finds/592519/

Shawna De La Rosa | Published Dec. 21, 2020

 

Education Dive--Is $54.3B in COVID-19 relief funding enough for K-12 schools?

https://www.k12dive.com/news/is-543b-in-covid-19-relief-funding-enough-for-k-12-schools/592560/

Naaz Modan @NaazModan| Published Dec. 21, 2020