NEW JERSEY EDUCATION NEWS
Asbury Park Press
Education roundup: School tax increases across Monmouth, Ocean
With several school districts facing insufficient funding, and the state saying local districts should shoulder more of the funding burden, local municipalities look to solve this problem by raising property taxes.
MyCentralJersey.com
NJ high schools ranked by top SAT scores (MSN.com)
The 50 highest-ranking public high schools in New Jersey, based on SAT scores, all had average combined (Reading/Writing and Math) scores in excess of 1200 (out of a possible 1600), according to the most recent data from College Board.
NJ.com
Teacher Appreciation Week 2025: See deals, free food and discounts for educators (USA Today / MSN.com)
The origins of Teacher Appreciation week started in the early 1940s, when Mattye Whyte Woodridge, a teacher from Arkansas, lobbied political and educational leaders to advocate for a day that honored teachers, according to the nonprofit TCEA.
NJ Spotlight News
Here’s the NJ impact from Trump’s planned cuts to Head Start
Interview: Hannah Gross, education and child welfare writer, NJ Spotlight News
Here’s what NJ faces from Trump budget cuts
Deep cuts to broad array of popular programs would pay for tax cuts
NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS
Chalkbeat
Layoffs and leakier pipelines: How Trump’s cuts to mental health grants are likely to affect schools
Colorado, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin are among the state education agencies that lost federal funding to hire and train more school-based mental health staff. Now schools may have to lay off social workers, while colleges may shut down training programs.
Trump K-12 budget proposal eliminates money for English learners, gives charters a boost
President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget would cut nearly $6 billion from K-12 education and consolidate 18 grant programs into a single funding stream that states could spend as they wish.
Education Week
Trump Asks Congress to Slash Billions in Education Funding—and ‘Preserve’ Title I
The budget calls for consolidating grants, eliminating programs, and upping charter school funding.
National Science Foundation Cancels More Than 400 STEM Grants
DOGE called the awards, meant to improve STEM teaching, “wasteful DEI grants.”
Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Sparks Debate Over Sex Education in Schools
Even in places where curricula exist, a lack of training for educators remains a critical barrier.
USA Today
What’s the difference between IEPs and 504 plans?
Young people with disabilities in the United States are guaranteed the right to a free and appropriate public education at federally funded schools. But with shifts and cuts at the Education Department, families may be facing changes under the Trump administration.
