Editing Burlington Township, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
[[File:SPRINGSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL, BURLINGTON TWP. BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Springside Public School is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]
Public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] are educated in the [[Burlington Township School District]], under superintendent Mary Ann Bell. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 3,625 students and 328.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402460&DistrictID=3402460 District information for Burlington Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402460 School Data for the Burlington Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
B. Bernice Young Elementary School<ref>[https://www.burltwpsch.org/ys/ B. Bernice Young Elementary School], Burlington Township School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.</ref> with 763 students in Pre-K to 1st grade, 
Fountain Woods Elementary School<ref>[https://www.burltwpsch.org/fw/ Fountain Woods Elementary School], Burlington Township School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.</ref> with 789 students in grades 2-5, 
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside<ref>[https://www.burltwpsch.org/ms/ Burlington Township Middle School at Springside], Burlington Township School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.</ref> with 843 students in grades 6-8 and 
[[Burlington Township High School]]<ref>[https://www.burltwpsch.org/hs/ Burlington Township High School], Burlington Township School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.</ref> with 1,187 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/a/burltwpsch.org/burlington-township-school-district-information/btsd-schools The Schools of Burlington Township], Burlington Township School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/1173/Public-Schools-Directory#page=25 ''2018-19 Public School Directory''], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 28, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/0620 School Performance Reports for the Burlington Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0620 New Jersey School Directory for the Burlington Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Burlington Township School District received notice in 2009 after a video posted on YouTube by a parent without school approval showed more than a dozen children at B. Bernice Young Elementary School singing a song praising President Barack Obama, which Conservative groups cited as a means of indoctrinating students to support the President. At the conclusion of the song, the children pump their fists and chant "hip, hip, hooray!" The song had been performed in conjunction with [[Black History Month]] activities and when the author of the book ''I Am Barack Obama'' visited the school the next month<ref>Kates, Brian. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120527151739/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-10-12/news/17935285_1_praise-obama-conservatives-glenn-beck "Conservatives plan protest over pro-Obama song at New Jersey's B. Bernice Young School"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', October 12, 2009. Accessed July 1, 2011. "The songs drew national attention when their performances at the B. Bernice Young School in Burlington Township were posted on YouTube last month. In it, second graders sing: 'Mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack Hussein Obama/He said that all must lend a hand/ To make this country strong again.' ... Conservatives say the songs show children being indoctrinated to idolize Obama. School officials deny the allegation."</ref>

Students from Burlington Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]], a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in [[Medford, New Jersey|Medford]] and [[Westampton Township, New Jersey|Westampton Township]].<ref>[http://www.bcit.cc/Page/71 Why Choose BCIT?], [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed November 21, 2013.</ref>