NJSBA NEWS & INFORMATION
School Board Notes, 5/13/25
NJSBA Delegate Assembly Elects Officers; Education Bills Clear Committees
NEW JERSEY EDUCATION NEWS
Chalkbeat
Only 73 teens voted in Newark’s school board election amid low turnout
Only 73 teen voters — out of 1,851 who had registered — turned out for Newark’s historic school board election despite weeks of targeted efforts to get the city’s 16- and 17-year-olds out to the polls … (NJSBA Quote)
NJ Spotlight News
NJ’s neediest school districts are overcrowded, report says
Advocates, lawmakers say more money needed now to ease crowded schools
Op-Ed: Federal education role is more than just money
The debate about “should they or shouldn’t they” close the US Department of Education is the wrong conversation.
Philadelphia Inquirer on MSN
Deptford PTO member charged with stealing more than $50K in school activity funds
A Deptford PTO member has been charged with stealing more than $50,000 from funds raised by parents to support several schools, police said Tuesday.
NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS
Chalkbeat
Girls’ test scores in math are down and so is their 8th grade algebra enrollment
Girls had closed long-standing gender gaps in math test scores and were doing about as well as boys on standardized tests in the years leading up to the pandemic. But the gender gap in math has come roaring back.
Education Week
Chromebooks or Cellphones: Which Are the Bigger Classroom Distraction?
Teachers say devices have become major classroom distractions, cutting into learning time.
States Push Civics Education Amid Political Tensions in Classrooms
The subject has become a minefield for teachers and schools in recent months.
One State’s Educator-Recruitment Campaign Has a Secret Weapon: Its Own Teachers
Georgia’s approach to recruitment and retention aims to overhaul the public’s view of teaching.
Billions for Schools Are in Limbo as Trump Admin. Denies State Funding Requests
States scramble to spend the last of their COVID relief funds under new deadlines.
What Is ‘Illegal DEI?’ Trump Admin.’s School Probes Start to Paint a Picture
Some K-12 educators say their schools have been emphasizing DEI less.
Girls Had Nearly Closed the STEM Gap with Boys. It’s Opening Again
Boys are gaining a small but growing edge in math and science.