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8-8-25 Education in the News

NJ Spotlight--Thousands of NJ kindergartners lag in measles vaccinations

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/thousands-of-nj-kindergartners-lag-in-measles-vaccinations/

Brenda Flanagan, Senior Correspondent | August 7, 2025 | Health Care, Education

 

Star Ledger--This high school teacher is fighting to bring the ‘missing pages’ of Black history to N.J. classrooms

https://www.nj.com/mosaic/2025/08/this-high-school-teacher-is-fighting-to-bring-the-missing-pages-of-black-history-to-nj-classrooms.html

Ande Richards| Updated: Aug. 07, 2025, 3:11 p.m., |Published: Aug. 07, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

 

NY Times--Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-merit-affirmative-action-colleges.html

Stephanie SaulDana Goldstein and Sarah Mervosh| Aug. 8, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET

 

The Atlantic--Children’s Health Care Is in Danger

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/children-health-care-medicaid-cuts/683759/

Annie Lowrey| August 7, 2025, 7:31 AM ET

 

Education Week--Teens Are the Loneliest People in the World, a New Report Finds. Why?

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/teens-are-the-loneliest-people-in-the-world-a-new-report-finds-why/2025/08

Jennifer Vilcarino — August 05, 2025

 

Chalkbeat--Music education programs aren’t playing second fiddle to workforce development

 https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/07/music-education-stresses-workforce-development-amid-funding-threats/

Norah Rami | August 7, 2025, 12:27pm EDT

 

Education Dive--How can colleges help solve the special educator shortage?

https://www.k12dive.com/news/special-educator-shortages-solutions-colleges-OSEP-teacher-preparation/756966/

Kara Arundel Senior Reporter| Published Aug. 6, 2025

 

The Hechinger Report--10 things to know about Trump’s new school voucher program

https://hechingerreport.org/whats-a-tax-credit-scholarship-the-details-behind-the-first-national-school-voucher-program/

Neal Morton August 1, 2025, Updated August 7, 2025