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4-23-26 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--NJ makes preschool gains as Sherrill funding increase on horizon

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/04/nj-makes-preschool-gains-as-sherrill-funding-increase-on-horizon/

Catherine Carrera, Education and child welfare writer | April 23, 2026 | Education, Budget

 

Wall Street Journal--The For-Profit Education Company Scooping Up Millions of Welfare Dollars

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/for-profit-education-company-welfare-money-34efe5b4

Dan Frosch and Scott Calvert| April 22, 2026 9:00 pm ET

 

Education Week--A Federal School Cellphone Policy? Big Barriers Stand in the Way

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/a-federal-school-cellphone-policy-big-barriers-stand-in-the-way/2026/04

Lauraine Langreo — April 21, 2026

 

Chalkbeat--2026 National Teacher of the Year wants to share the ‘playbook for the power that people can generate’

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/04/21/meet-leon-smith-2026-national-teacher-of-the-year/

Erica Meltzer | April 21, 2026, 6:17pm EDT

 

Edutopia--How to Help Students Develop a Personal Moral Compass for School

https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-develop-moral-compass

Maurice J. Elias| April 22, 2026

 

The Hechinger Report--As deadline looms, $289 million in federal education research funding may go unspent

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-ies-unspent-funds/

Jill Barshay| April 22, 2026