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6-29-26 Education in the News

NJ Monitor--NJ budget committees approve $60.7B budget in late-night votes

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2026/06/29/nj-budget-late-night-votes/

Nikita Biryukov-June 29, 202612:49 am

 

NY Times--Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/texas-schools-book-list.html

Sarah Mervosh| Published June 25, 2026, Updated June 26, 2026

 

NY Times--MAGA Groups Help Trump Push Cultural Change in Schools

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/defending-education-smith-transgender.html

Michael C. Bender| June 26, 2028             

 

Washington Post--Trump-backed ‘Freedom Trucks’ tell a sanitized story of the country’s founding

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/29/freedom-trucks-offer-simplified-upbeat-story-americas-founding/

June 29, 2026

 

Education Week--Rising Health Costs Force School District Budget Tradeoffs

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/rising-health-costs-force-school-district-budget-tradeoffs/2026/06

Caitlynn Peetz Stephens — June 26, 2026

 

Education Week--Tech for Young Students: Do 1:1 Devices Belong in Kindergarten Classrooms?

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/tech-for-young-students-do-1-1-devices-belong-in-kindergarten-classrooms/2026/06

 Elizabeth Heubeck — June 26, 2026

 

Education Week--How School Board Members Really Feel About Political Conflict

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/how-school-board-members-really-feel-about-political-conflict/2026/06

Evie Blad — June 25, 2026

 

Education Dive—Supreme Court’s ‘Forced Outing’ Decision Begins to Impact Districts Nationwide

https://www.k12dive.com/news/supreme-courts-forced-outing-decision-begins-to-impact-districts-nationw/823931/

Naaz Modan, Senior Reporter| June 26, 2020

 

The Hechinger Report--Key to helping boys in school: Make them feel safe to be themselves

https://hechingerreport.org/key-to-helping-boys-in-school-make-them-feel-safe-to-be-themselves/

Kate Rix| June 29, 2026