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School Board Notes, 4/22/25

Commissioner Gives Budget Testimony, Issues Guidance on Response to U.S. Dept. of Education

NEW JERSEY EDUCATION NEWS

NJ.com / MSN.com

N.J. school district cut 65 jobs because of unfair state funding, superintendent says

Officials in a Hunterdon County school district say they have cut 65 teaching and staff positions as they scramble to secure additional funding.

NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS

Chalkbeat

Injunctions temporarily block Trump Education Department’s anti-DEI campaign

The Education Department had given states until Thursday to certify compliance with its controversial interpretation of civil rights law. Federal judges complicated that effort hours before the deadline.

Education Week

Trump Can’t Enforce Anti-DEI Directives in Schools, 3 Judges Say

The judges said the administration had overstepped its authority.

Trump Wants Teachers Trained How to Use AI. Will It Work?

President Trump’s new executive order calls for infusing AI throughout K-12 education.

‘Science of Reading’ Advocates Underscore: It’s Not Just About Phonics At the Reading League’s annual summit, leaders hoped to change the narrative