What Does It Mean When a Seven-Year-Old With Autism Is Physically Assaulted By a School Resource Officer?

Okay. This is personal. As the mom of a son with disabilities who, while not formally diagnosed as autistic has…

6 years ago

“Unlike Most Parents, We Want To Outlive Our Children.”

That’s a parent speaking to Paul Aronsohn, Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families. As required,…

6 years ago

Samantha Bee’s Opposition to School Choice is Wrong and Hypocritical.

Samantha Bee decided to go on the attack against school choice this week during her show, Full Frontal. Based on the…

6 years ago

With A Second COVID Wave Coming, KIPPNJ Will Remain All-Remote Until January.

Chalkbeat , a nonprofit news organization covering public education, originally published this post as "KIPP New Jersey students will learn…

6 years ago

Split Screen of SDA/DOE: Nepotism In the Soprano State.

There’s been lots of chatter about news that the Governor’s Office -- not Murphy necessarily but, as NJ Spotlight puts…

6 years ago

Lilley: If NJ Teachers Want a Solvent Pension System, They Must Demand Change.

The Star-Ledger reports that NJ’s pension investments earned 1.2% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.  This is far below the 7.5%…

6 years ago

I Thought Vouchers Were Wrong, But Now I Realize They Helped My Son

Recently I wrote that a residency hearing with two children, Kayla and Tasha, represented to me our deeply-embedded structural inequities…

6 years ago

NJ Children’s Foundation Announces New Initiative To Measure Impact of Digital Divide & Covid Slide On Children and Families.

The New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting a fact-based discussion about education, today announced a significant…

6 years ago

AEI: Remote Instruction During the Spring Was “Too Little, Too Late.”

Nat Malkkus of the American Enterprise Institute has a new brief called "Too Little, Too Late: A Hard Look at…

6 years ago

Newark Superintendent Threatened To Sue Me For Speaking Out. He Should Focus On Our Kids, Not Me.

Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each…

6 years ago