EDUCATION NEWS
NJSBA
Legislative Update: Assembly Committees Return from Summer Break, 9/24/24
NEW JERSEY
NorthJersey.com
NJ school districts scramble to spend last of COVID aid
With a looming deadline of Sept. 30 to use — or lose — a combined $2.7 billion in COVID relief aid, 20 NJ districts have applied for extensions.
- Also covered in Daily Record
NJ Spotlight
Threat assessment teams required in NJ schools but impact hard to measure
One year after law was enacted, there’s little indication of how it’s working.
New Jersey Monitor
Lawmakers debate automatic tickets for drivers who blow by stopped school buses
The bill would allow automated ticketing for motorists who drive past stopped school buses as children board or disembark.
New Jersey Globe
Comptroller review finds towns, school districts don’t properly file union contracts
New Jersey’s comptroller found more than half of school districts and upward of a quarter of municipalities failed to properly submit union contracts to state authorities, violating transparency laws.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Woodbury has implemented a cell phone ban at its junior-senior high school
The South Jersey school system joins a growing number of schools nationwide that are trying to limit cell phone use while students are in school.
NATIONAL
Education Week
Why Schools Are Getting a Jump on Their Smartwatch Policies
A small but growing number of schools are adding smartwatches to their cellphone policies
Video: ‘People Can Only Hear When They’re Heard’: Navigating Divisive Conversations (Opinion)
An expert advises educators on how to use curiosity to navigate divisive conversations.
Gun Violence Takes a Toll. We Need More Support, Principals Tell Congress
School leaders made an emotional appeal for more funds to help schools recover from gun violence.
Students Are Sharing Sexually Explicit ‘Deepfakes.’ Are Schools Prepared?
A new report explores tech-powered sexual harassment in schools
Washington Post
Why schools are ripping up playgrounds across the U.S. (msn.com)
The Trust for Public Land teamed up with local partners to revamp the Bethune schoolyard in Philadelphia, transforming it from nearly an acre of asphalt to a community space.
USA Today
How shootings upend schools – even where there’s no gunfire
The superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools in Ashburn, Virginia, is one of many school district leaders who scrambled to respond to local threats in the wake of a school shooting in Georgia that left two students and two teachers dead.