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Educational Policy
Philipstown, NY
Schools
This Putnam County School District Latest To Ban Students' Cell Phones
Students in another Hudson Valley school district will be forced to look up from their phone screens, as officials will be requiring them to lock up their devices for the entire day. In its end-of-summer newsletter, the Garrison Union Free School District in Putnam County announced that it will no longer allow cell phone use during the instructional day between 8:25 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. During this time, students will have to store their devices in lockers and keep them powered down or in silent mode. More information about the policy will be contained in the district's updated&nb…
Dorchester, MA
Schools
Boston Public Schools Ask For Temporary Mask Requirement: Officials
Students in Boston will likely be donning an item of protection in addition to hats and gloves for their first school day in 2023, school officials say. Boston schools are requesting that students and staff temporarily wear masks for the first eight days of spring semester "to keep students healthy and minimize staff absences during this high-risk period," according to the announcement on the Public Schools website. Those who do not abide by the request during the suggested time period of Wednesday, Jan. 4 through Friday, Jan. 13 will not be disciplined or sent home. Staff and students a…
Hartford, CT
Schools
Two CT School Districts Now Must Pay Costs For Projects Earmarked As State Funded
Two Connecticut school districts have to figure out how to pay for the costs of school projects after the state informed them that the anticipated reimbursements from the state were incorrectly calculated by a fired budget official, according to a new report from the Connecticut Mirror. Officials in Hartford and Farmington were informed by state officials that the anticipated reimbursement rates violated state rules, CT Mirror reported on Thursday, March 3. The state informed town officials that Konstantinos Diamantis, the former deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Manage…
York, PA
News
Book Ban, Including Sesame Street, Sparks Protest In Pennsylvania
A student protest is under way after a list of banned media was released which includes Sesame Street and PBS documentaries. A diversity committee was formed at the Central York School District to overhaul the school's representation of diverse voices and highlight topics that were more culturally relevant in 2020. Instead the list was turned into a banned media list as anti-critical race theory sentiments rose. The change happened at a school board meeting in Nov. of 2020. That night the school board of the Central York School District voted in support of a "resource ban" of the diversit…
White Plains, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Westchester School District Going Remote Longer For 'Holiday Pause'
A Westchester school district will be extending its plan for remote learning for a “holiday break” due to rising COVID-19 numbers. This week, Yonkers Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada sent a letter to the community saying that the district would be going 100 percent remote between Monday, Jan. 4, and Friday, Jan. 8, with students planning to return to the classroom as of Monday, Jan. 11. During that week, students will be distance learning while teachers and staff members in school buildings are expected to be inside schools to deliver instruction. “While a holiday pause is most certain…
Greenwich, CT
Politics
Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say
Connecticut Chief of Schools Miguel Cardona is expected to head south to Washington, D.C. to serve in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet as Education Secretary in a meteoric two-year rise to national prominence. The appointment of Cardona, a lifelong resident of Meriden, could be officially announced as soon as sometime on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Washington Post first reported last week that Cardona, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, who was president of the National Education Association for six years, and Leslie T. Fenwick, the dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a…
Worcester, MA
News
Covid-
19: State Gives Worcester 10 Days To Defend Special-Needs Education Plan
School officials in Worcester, Springfield, and Boston have just 10 days to defend distance-learning plans for special-needs students - or else state officials are going to step in. Concern that special needs students and those with disabilities are not learning what they need to through the more independent at-home learning style has led Massachusetts education administrators to evaluate what’s happening in the state’s biggest cities. There are no special-needs students receiving in-school education in Worcester or Springfield, and less than 200 in Boston, according to the Boston Globe. …
Bergenfield, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19 Cases Reported At These Bergen, Passaic County Schools
More North Jersey schools are going remote due to increasing COVID-19 cases. All Fair Lawn schools will go remote Dec. 7 until Jan. 15. The Edison School and Fair Lawn BOE offices were remote as of Monday, Nov. 23. The high school and Memorial Middle School went remote Nov. 19, while Warren Point and Forrest School were expected to return to in-person learning on Nov. 30. Ridgewood Schools reported nearly two dozen cases since the beginning of the academic year. An additional four cases were reported this week: Two each at Benjamin Franklin Middle School and Ridgewood High School. T…
West Milford, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: Passaic County HS Remote Again After Custodian Tests Positive
A Passaic County high school has switched to all-remote learning for a second time after a custodian tested positive for COVID-19. A teacher, two secretaries and the night custodial crew at Passaic Valley Regional High School are quarantining, Superintendent JoAnn Cardillo told NorthJersey.com. All teachers will be working from home and holding classes online until Nov. 9, Cardillo said in a letter sent Monday, Oct. 26. The Little Falls school began the year with hybrid learning, but went all-remote in late September through early October, due to cases among students, NorthJersey.com repor…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Westchester School Districts Finalize Hybrid Reopening Models
School districts in Westchester are finalizing drafts of their plans to potentially reopen in the fall as New York continues its recovery from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. With the state continuing its battle against COVID-19, school administrators have been advised to prepare for a hybrid-learning model that includes a combination of remote and in-person education. Districts will follow a model that includes students returning to classrooms while offering remote learning for parents who choose to opt-out and keep their children at home. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo previously …
Torrington, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: CT Public Schools Will Be Allowed To Cut Days From Academic Calendar
Connecticut is still finalizing what schools will look like in the fall as the state recovers from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, but districts will have the option to be more flexible with their schedules. The state Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 14 to permit public schools to shorten the academic year by as many as three days, from 180 down to 177, without punishment to permit additional training as schools adjust to the "new normal." The waiver would allow districts extra time to train staff once plans are finalized for reopening schools in the next month…
Fairfield, CT
Politics
Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has thought a lot about what happened during the 2016 presidential race and what to do about it. Murphy isn’t shy about suggesting that his party needs to learn lessons from Donald Trump’s victory, according to this interview in The Washington Post. Trump understood that you had to be the candidate who most credibly looked and sounded like a reformer, Murphy said. “He never talked about it in those terms," Murphy told The Post. "But he looked and sounded like the most obvious candidate to change the way that things were done here, and you could a…
Danbury, CT
Politics
Activist Grandmother From Danbury To Challenge For State Senate Seat
DANBURY, Conn. – Longtime Danbury activist, mother, and grandmother Julie Kushner is throwing her hat in the ring as a Democratic candidate for District 24 in the Connecticut State Senate. “I am delighted to declare today that I am running for State Senate to represent Bethel, Danbury, New Fairfield, and Sherman," Julie Kushner said. "Our district deserves someone devoted to fighting for fairness and progress for our hard-working families." The Senate seat is currently held by Michael McLachlan, a Republican from Danbury. "I’ve spent my whole life fighting to improve pe…
