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18 August 2020 | John Jones | NJ.com

Back to School Giveaway

Principal Veronica Avery distributes hand sanitizer as she greets students and parents while school supplies are handed out to Kipp Team Academy students by teachers at the school in Newark.

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21 August 2020 | Caroline Preston | The Washington Post

Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the coronavirus mental health crisis

This fall, teachers will also trade “calming corners” in classrooms for an online wellness space where students can listen to music, fill online coloring books or practice yoga on the school’s virtual-learning platform.

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21 August 2020 | Brian Bobal | NJ.com

Newark school holds outdoor book drives to get students ready for class

While students will be taking their classes from home until Oct. 5 at the earliest due to the spread of the coronavirus, many will be ready to go thanks to a pair of book drives put on by the school over the past few weeks.

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24 August 2020 | John Mooney | NJ Spotlight

For KIPP Charters in Newark and Camden, School Starts Now — But Remotely

“Parents liked it because kids are being actually taught and have a scheduled place they have to be; kids liked it better because it was human connection and not just going to a computer program all day,” he said.

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22 July 2020 | David Saleh Rauf | EdWeek

Nurturing Teacher-Student Connections in a Virtual World

They made home visits. They sent cards in the mail. They sang Happy Birthday through webcams. There were countless text messages and checks-ins on the phone.

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22 July 2020 | Mark Lieberman | EdWeek

COVID-19 & Remote Learning: How to Make It Work

And Mark Joseph, a 6th grade math teacher at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark, N.J., employed somewhat of a kitchen-sink approach: He pounded out more than 300 text messages a week to parents and students.

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07 August 2020 | Dana Goldstein | NY Times

Lost Summer: How Schools Missed a Chance to Fix Remote Learning

Students in kindergarten, first grade and second grade will begin the day with a 30-minute social-emotional check-in with teachers and peers, followed by 90 minutes of live instruction.

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02 September 2020 | NY Times Staff | NY Times

Julián Castro And More Discuss the Future of American Cities with the New York Times

Kinyette Henderson spoke with the New York Times about how COVID-19 impacts the access students have to resources they need to continue learning.

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08 September 2020 | Evelyne Kane, Jamie Moses, Joe Hejlek, and Benjamin Ovadia | Camden Health

Tackling the “last mile” of safety-net food access during the COVID-19 pandemic

To date, KIPP has arranged free weekly grocery deliveries and served more than 300 families in Camden, which represents about 30-40% of all of the families across their four Camden schools.

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11 September 2020 | Carly Berwick | Edutopia

We Need More SEL in High Schools (Here’s How)

For adolescents, in particular, a sense of belonging created within the first few weeks can translate into academic success and motivation to succeed.

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Back to School Giveaway

Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the coronavirus mental health crisis

Newark school holds outdoor book drives to get students ready for class

For KIPP Charters in Newark and Camden, School Starts Now — But Remotely

Nurturing Teacher-Student Connections in a Virtual World

COVID-19 & Remote Learning: How to Make It Work

Lost Summer: How Schools Missed a Chance to Fix Remote Learning

Julián Castro And More Discuss the Future of American Cities with the New York Times

Tackling the “last mile” of safety-net food access during the COVID-19 pandemic

We Need More SEL in High Schools (Here’s How)

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