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3-25-25 Education in the News

Philadelphia Inquirer—Most schools in Pa. have passed on ‘somewhat controversial’ cell phone pouch program

https://www.inquirer.com/education/pennsylvania-grant-locking-cellphone-pouches-20250323.html?cx_testId=13&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&cx_experienceId=EXTE1CRHS6Q4&cx_experienceActionId=automated_for_you_hp#cxrecs_s

Maddie Hanna | March 25, 2025

MyCentralJersey.com--School bus safety bill focused on special education students clears NJ Senate

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/2025/03/24/special-education-school-bus-safety-bill-clears-nj-senate/82640842007/

Gene Myers| NorthJersey.com| March 24, 2025

InsiderNJ--Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Continues the Fight to Stop Trump from Shutting Down the U.S. Department of Education

https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/attorney-general-matthew-j-platkin-continues-the-fight-to-stop-trump-from-shutting-down-the-u-s-department-of-education/

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NY Times--As Crises Grip Colleges, More Students Than Ever Are Set to Enroll

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/us/colleges-students-financial-crisis-politics-affirmative-action.html?searchResultPosition=2

Alan BlinderRon LieberStephanie SaulVimal Patel and Anemona Hartocollis| March 25, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET

NPR--How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5330917/trump-schools-education-department-cuts-low-income

Jonaki Mehta| March 21, 20255:00 AM ET

Education Week--Teacher Shortages Are Improving—With Two Big Exceptions

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/teacher-shortages-are-improving-with-two-big-exceptions/2025/03

Sarah D. Sparks — March 17, 2025

Chalkbeat--‘We’re not changing our policies’: NYC school officials stand firm after Trump executive order

https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/03/21/nyc-schools-not-changing-polices-in-wake-of-trump-education-department-executive-order/

Amy Zimmer | March 21, 2025, 5:14pm EDT

Education Dive--OCR to Maine: Define sex by reproductive systems or lose funding

https://www.k12dive.com/news/ocr-to-maine-define-sex-by-reproductive-system-egg-sperm/743390/

Naaz Modan Senior Reporter| Published March 24, 2025

The Hechinger Report--Students try using AI to write scholarship essays — with little luck

https://hechingerreport.org/students-try-using-ai-to-write-scholarship-essays-with-little-luck/

Olivia Sanchez| March 25, 2025