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JP Schools releases school safety guidelines for new school year called 'Start Strong Jefferson' Share Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 29, 2021 Gabbii King Share Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 29, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WDSU.COM. REPORTING FROM WESTWEGO, SHERMAN DESSELLE, WDSU NEWS. SULA: THANK YOU. NEW AT 6:00, WE ARGEE TTING A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR JEFFERSON PARISH THIS YEAR. VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS MUST WEAR FACE MASKS INDOORS, DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ON A SCHOOL BREUS REQUIRED TO WEAR FACE MASK AT ALL TI...

Parents seeking child care struggle with access, costs JOSHUA BYERS, The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat June 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — As Megan Garman’s due date approached, she began making calls to several child care centers in the Johnstown area to get her daughter enrolled, but found herself signing up for waiting list after waiting list. “It’s very, very stressful,” she said. Garman began her search more than one year ago and is still waiting for a slot to open up. Thankfully, she said, a family member was able to fill in, but the working mother knows th...

TRENTON – Some state education officials are sounding the alarm after midyear assessments showed three of every eight New Jersey public school students scored below grade level in math and English language arts. The coronavirus pandemic upended education, pushing classes online at all schools for three months last spring and still continuing more than a year later at a handful of schools. It also messed with New Jersey’s statewide standardized tests, which were canceled both last and this school year. All students will take a new ‘Start Strong’ assessment when they return next fall. D...

With three federal relief bills signed and a White House proposal to provide free preschool for 3- and 4-year olds, the child care sector will see a significant boost.

Credit: (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) File photo The Murphy administration has wrapped up its plans to postpone standardized testing for this school year, confirming with districts this week that there will be no state testing this spring and telling them to be ready for it in the fall instead. The state Department of Education on Wednesday alerted districts to the final plan, ending months of speculation — and considerable confusion — as to what the administration sought to do and what the federal government would allow. The state last week had initially informed districts of its plans ...