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School Board Notes, 7/23/24
Governor Signs Electric School Bus Bill
NEW JERSEY
Daily Record
NJ schools fourth-best in United States per WalletHub
The Garden State trailed only Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maryland in the ranking, which compared all 50 states and Washington, D.C., across nearly three dozen key metrics.
NJ.com
Students with disabilities returning to Trenton Public Schools from youth detention centers faced barriers and delays to returning to the classroom that lasted from weeks to years, according to a state investigation.
Old ‘Colored School’ to be museum chronicling N.J. district’s Black history (msn.com)
On an out-of-the-way block along the Route 280 embankment in Newark sits the vacant 179-year-old State Street Public School, the oldest building in New Jersey’s largest school district and the only remaining location of the city’s former school for African American students and its pioneering principal.
The state’s highest court ruled Thursday that a New Jersey yeshiva had a right to tell families why it fired a rabbi, dismissing his claims that the school falsely branded him a “pedophile.”
NJ Spotlight
Tax holiday on back-to-school supplies is halted
New Jersey’s ‘annual sales tax holiday’ lasted just two years.
New Jersey Monitor
Schools procurement clearinghouse broke procedure, comptroller’s audit finds
The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey failed to report contract awards and lacked documentation for contracts worth millions, the comptroller found.
NATIONAL
Associated Press
Harris tells teachers union she’s ready to fight for country’s future — ‘bring it on’
Vice President Kamala Harris has blasted Republicans’ views on gun control and public education in a speech to the American Federation of Teachers.
Chalkbeat
School segregation is not ‘a fact of life.’ This new roadmap shows what states can do.
Federal courts are limited in how they can address school segregation. Brown’s Promise, which advocates for school integration, is urging states to try strategies like consolidating school districts and pooling tax dollars.
Education Week
1 in 3 College Applicants Used AI for Essay Help. Did They Cheat?
Generative AI has put a high-tech twist on fairness in the college admissions process.
One of Kamala Harris’ First Campaign Speeches Will Be to Teachers
The vice president will speak to members of the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union.
Student Pronoun Policies Put Teachers in a Tough Spot
Teachers are navigating policies to alert parents about students’ pronoun changes.
Rising Reports of School Violence Are Pushing Teachers to Want to Quit
New data reveals how many teachers have experienced threats and physical violence from students.
The Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Endorses Kamala Harris for President
The National Education Association has begun the work of galvanizing educators to vote.
Will the NEA Take a Position on Cellphones in Schools?
Some educators want the union to offer guidance on best practices for cellphones.
USA Today
Back-to-school costs are too much, parents say in WalletHub survey
More than 3 in 4 parents, or 70%, believe that schools ask them to buy too much for the back-to-school season, according to a new study by personal finance website WalletHub.
Why are US students so far behind in reading and math?
New research published Tuesday shows that more than four years since the start of the pandemic eighth graders are a full year behind in math and reading.