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NJ Spotlight--Trump administration delays Head Start ban on undocumented children

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/08/trump-administration-delays-cutting-undocumented-children-from-head-start-lawsuits/

Hannah Gross, Education and Child Welfare Writer | August 11, 2025 | Education, Social Issues

 

The Record--These NJ schools take action to control student cell phones as they wait for state to act

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2025/08/11/new-jersey-schools-take-cell-phones-out-of-students-hands-as-nj-ponders-action/85521722007/

Marsha A. Stoltz| NorthJersey.com| August 11, 2025

 

Washington Post (via Philadelphia Inquirer)--Is artificial turf bad for us and our kids? How to navigate the turf wars.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/artificial-turf-environment-recycling-health-hazards-20250808.html

Michael J. Coren, Washington Post Published Aug. 8, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET

 

NY Times--Trump Wants Admissions Data on Grades and Race, but Who Will Collect It?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/trump-admissions-data-grades-race-education-department-layoffs.html?searchResultPosition=6

Sarah Mervosh| Aug. 9, 2025

 

NPR--13 podcast episodes to make back-to-school season easier on kids and parents

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5494561/podcast-episodes-back-to-school-less-stressful-kids-parents

Malaka Gharib| August 8, 20255:00 AM ET

Education Week--Trauma or Motivation? Educators Reflect on the Presidential Fitness Test’s Return

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/trauma-or-motivation-educators-reflect-on-the-presidential-fitness-tests-return/2025/08

Evie Blad — August 07, 2025

 

Education Dive--ICE apprehends parent during morning student drop-off hours

https://www.k12dive.com/news/ICE-DHS-California-Chula-Vista-Elementary-School-District-immigration-enforcement/757228/

Naaz Modan Senior Reporter | Published Aug. 8, 2025

  

The Hechinger Report--Adding bus stops, serving biscuits and gravy, and catching butterflies: How schools are tackling absenteeism

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-schools-tackle-absenteeism/

Jill Barshay August 11, 2025