by Common Ground | Apr 20, 2021 | Capitols
While only 43% of NJ students are white, 67% of our state’s public school teachers are white. A package of nine bills has been introduced in the New Jersey Senate to address the lack of teacher diversity in the Garden State. In addition, the Governor’s 2022 budget...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Features, Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
For students, teachers, families, the impact of the pandemic on education has been all too clear. For our education system as a whole and policy makers, the long-term effects of the largest educational disruption in history are today not as easy to assess. What can we...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
At the beginning of the COVID-19 public health response and the displacement of students to full remote learning and hybrid combinations of on-site and remote learning, attendance reporting for teachers and schools was challenging and riddled with disparate and...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
By Rebecca Branstetter, Ph.D. If your child has special needs, remote learning can be incredibly stressful. Here are some tips for helping kids learn, while still taking care of yourself. Parenting a child with additional learning, attention, social-emotional, or...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
Congress enacted the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) (EHA), in 1975, to support states and localities in protecting the rights of, meeting the individual needs of, and improving the results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Courts
In November a federal District Court in New York has dismissed J.T. v. de Blasio, a class action claim alleging that every state and local educational agency in the country is denying FAPE to students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. District...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Courts
A Hudson County school district reached a settlement in December in the case of infant student with autism, who alleged in a lawsuit filed by her parents that she was “subjected to the unlawful and improper use of physical restraints by several employees.” The...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Capitols
NJ Senate Bill S3214, introduced by Senators Ruiz and Turner, requires the NJ Commissioner of Education to collect data on student academic outcomes from all school districts to asses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning and achievement. The commissioner...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Capitols
NJ Senate Bill S1020, sponsored by Senators Ruiz (D-29) and Gopal (D-11), requires school districts to report detailed demographic information regarding students receiving disciplinary actions. The information must include race, gender, disability, grade level, and...
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