NEW JERSEY EDUCATION NEWS
Asbury Park Press
Only two Lakewood school monitors meeting a key requirement of job – APP
Most of the state education monitors who have been hired at a cost of nearly $2 million to watch over Lakewood Schools’ finances and propose solutions have failed to develop mandatory action plans as required by law, an Asbury Park Press investigation shows.
NJ.com on MSN
Twins everywhere! N.J. high schools report record numbers of multiples graduating.
At last week’s ceremony, the Ocean County high school’s Class of 2025 included what officials believe to be a record six sets of twins. They made up nearly 5% of 245 graduates.
Where do NJ’s budget and its tax increases stand now?
Committees plan hearings Thursday as NJ budget deadline nears.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Longtime Camden educator to be named interim superintendent
Davida Coe-Brockington, a longtime Camden educator, will serve as interim school superintendent. The state is searching for a permanent replacement for Katrina McCombs, the outgoing superintendent.
NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS
Associated Press on MSN
Faith leaders and families sue to block Texas’ new Ten Commandments in schools law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that requires copies of the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom.
Chalkbeat
The Education Department is supposed to bring back laid-off workers. Here’s the holdup.
Education Department officials cite a lack of parking and desk space as reasons they haven’t reinstated laid-off workers. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether they get their jobs back at all.
Education Week
How Teachers’ Unions Are Confronting the Second Trump Era
Can teachers’ unions thread the needle between facing anti-union measures and broadening membership?
This Intervention Cut Course Failures by a Third. How It Works
Participating schools saw decreases in absenteeism and course failures.
The U.S. Department of Education Could Be Dismantled. This Is Good News (Opinion)
Reenvisioning the federal government’s role will not undermine teachers’ work—and might improve it.
Teacher-Educators Urge Congress: Prioritize New Pathways to Teaching
Congress should support promising new teacher programs, leaders told lawmakers.
How to Go Deeper on Family Engagement
Here’s what it truly means to involve caregivers in students’ education.
Washington Post
Palestinian American girl sues school after refusing Pledge of Allegiance
A 14-year-old American citizen of Palestinian descent has alleged a teacher at her Michigan school told her she should “go back to your country” for her political protest. The school district said it was unable to comment.
