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Gov. Phil Murphy announced a record increase in public school funding during his budget address Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean state aid is going up in every district.

The Department of Education released details on how much state aid each district should expect to receive in fiscal year 2025, which begins July 1. The budget proposal — which now goes before the Legislature for a mandated review before the start of that new fiscal year — would be the first to fully fund the state’s school funding formula, increasing public school funding by $908 million to $11.7 billion. The move

Religion issues, fueled in part by the Israel-Hamas war, have continued to come up at the Cherry Hill Board of Education meetings among students, parents and the district.

Concerns were expressed again at the Tuesday school board meeting as district Acting Superintendent Kwame Morton said he has met with members of the Jewish community and has a meeting scheduled with the Muslim community later this week to consider the issues.

Morton told board members that

The Alliance for Healthcare Education has named Shallina Goodnight as its first executive director.

Goodnight brings a wealth of health care experience to the position, having served in a variety of leadership roles across a 20-year health care career at Oxford HealthCare and CoxHealth at Home. Her experience includes leading large teams through the rapid growth of Oxford HealthCare and the transition to CoxHealth at Home.

Her successful leadership through a period of growth and change – as well as her commitment to

The latest results are in and kindergarten students in Marion County have shown a significant improvement in the statewide progress monitoring assessment.

In September of 2023, nearly two-thirds (64%) of kindergarten students who participated in one of the Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) programs in Marion County scored at the ready-for-kindergarten level, compared to 35% of students who did not, according to Marion County Public Schools.

VPK programs, which are now available at all public elementary schools in Marion County, help to build foundational skills for students in both early literacy and math.

The Florida Department of Education recently published the Kindergarten

A new chapter unfolds for Syracuse University School of Education graduate Joshua G. McIntosh G’12 as he begins 2024 as executive dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, bringing with him a wealth of experience and a trail of successes.

For more than a decade, McIntosh has charted an unconventional course in higher education, focusing on administration, operations and organizational transformation rather than a traditional student affairs path. His mantra, as he puts it, is to immerse himself in roles that are “messy, complicated, creative and in need of strengthening.”

Transformative Challenge

McIntosh believes his

The Biden administration is moving forward on its ambitious plans to update the regulations governing accreditation and the definition of distance education, among other topics, the US Education Department announced Tuesday.

The planned negotiations could be the Biden administration’s last chance to leave its mark on federal higher education

Michael Plourde