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health21h ago

RWJBarnabas Health, Newark Public Schools and Brigaid reach a milestone, now serving scratch-cooked meals weekly to all Newark students.
The district aims to expand to daily scratch-cooked meals across all schools.
Brigaid chefs work alongside Newark food service staff to modernize operations.
The program prioritizes nutrition, taste and student engagement using locally grown ingredients.
The initiative is part of RWJBarnabas Health’s Our Healthy Communities program.
State funding supports the initiative, reinvesting in community health infrastructure.
Superintendent Roger León emphasizes meals as a daily nutrition source for many students.
Nearly 34,000 Newark students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, highlighting the need for healthy options.
Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin supports the initiative as a model for outcomes-focused funding.
The project lays groundwork for daily chef-driven meals across Newark schools.

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health16h ago

Rutgers is helping Newark Public Schools address a surge in special education referrals by evaluating whether language barriers, not disabilities, are driving misidentifications.
Researchers found that testing in a student's nonprimary language and time constraints contribute to inaccurate evaluation results.
A train-the-trainer model trains district speech-language pathologists to serve as peer leaders across the city.
Officials will compare future evaluations to prior ones to gauge whether bilingual students are identified for services more accurately over time.
The collaboration comes as Newark Public Schools works to support a culturally and linguistically diverse student population.
The effort targets misidentification by addressing language differences as a potential factor in assessments.
Researchers note a shortage of bilingual speech-language pathologists nationwide, complicating accurate assessments.
Rutgers aims to make evaluations more accurate for students who don’t speak English as a primary language.
The study found that over 1,200 initial evaluations occurred in the 2022–23 school year amid a wave of new students.
The initiative includes training for district employees and contractors to improve consistency in evaluations.

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