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Melanie Burney

Education Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer

Education reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer based in South Jersey, [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Melanie Burney

    With time running out, some New Jersey school districts are making cuts and raising property taxes to get their budgets approved for the 2025-26 year. New Jersey changed how it calculated state aid to its more than 600 public school districts this year, and that has further complicated an already difficult process.

  • 1 week ago | centredaily.com | Melanie Burney

    May 7-With time running out, some New Jersey school districts are making cuts and raising property taxes to get their budgets approved for the 2025-26 year. New Jersey changed how it calculated state aid to its more than 600 public school districts this year and that has further complicated an already difficult process. The state said some towns like Collingswood and Washington Township in Gloucester County should be able to afford to contribute a bigger local share to operate their schools.

  • 1 week ago | inquirer.com | Melanie Burney

    With time running out, some New Jersey school districts are making cuts and raising property taxes to get their budgets approved for the 2025-26 year. New Jersey changed how it calculated state aid to its more than 600 public school districts this year and that has further complicated an already difficult process. The state said some towns like Collingswood and Washington Township in Gloucester County should be able to afford to contribute a bigger local share to operate their schools.

  • 1 week ago | richmond.com | Melanie Burney

    After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in workbooks. With their heads bowed, the students carefully followed instructions from Durelli to write the lowercase letters. They traced a word already printed in the workbook and then tried writing it freehand in their own penmanship. “Take your time,” Durelli instructed.

  • 1 week ago | nwitimes.com | Melanie Burney

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Melanie Burney
Melanie Burney @MLBURNEY
9 May 25

I am humbled and honored to share that your write-or-die girl is a finalist for two awards for the annual (NABJ) @NABJ National Association of Black Journalists awards competition! The awards will be announced in August at our convention in Cleveland. This one is for little Brown https://t.co/8tJdHFVgGc

Melanie Burney
Melanie Burney @MLBURNEY
6 May 25

RT @nabjphilly: There will be no NABJ membership meeting tomorrow night, May 7, 2025. See you next month! Thanks to @6abc anchor @TamEdwa…

Melanie Burney
Melanie Burney @MLBURNEY
1 May 25

Here’s an update on the cuts planned by the Camden school district to close a $91 million budget deficit. https://t.co/lsn8CJPKe9