“We Should Not Be Forced To Choose Between Our Job and Our Life”: Teacher Resignations Rise in New Jersey (New: Update on Lakewood)

Advance Media has an article today entitled "Surge in N.J. teacher leave requests is crushing school reopening plans." The Asbury…

6 years ago

Education Highlights From Gov. Murphy’s Budget Address

This morning Governor Phil Murphy delivered his budget address from the 50-yard line at Rutgers' SHI Stadium in Piscataway. His…

6 years ago

School Reopening Plans Backlogged at DOE While School Leaders Lament Lack of Leadership

I’ve had a lot of superintendents, a lot of principals from my area reach out lamenting kind of the lack…

6 years ago

What Can Districts Learn From Top Public Charters on Remote Instruction? Highlights From a New Report.

Yesterday I posted a letter (read it here) from the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association to the Democratic National…

6 years ago

Lakewood Parents on In-School Instruction: “We’re Only Here As Props!”

Lakewood Public Schools has carefully orchestrated its plan to open schools for full-day in-person instruction on September 4th. Yet efforts…

6 years ago

NJ Charter School Staff Call Out DNC For “Egregious” Attacks on Schools Favored By Black and Latino Families

Ten days ago the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association, on behalf of 65 signatories, sent a letter to the…

6 years ago

NJ High School Student Explains How “Distance Learning Is A Bust.”

Carina Pizarro is a high school student in Bridgewater. Her essay appears in InsiderNJ's publication, "The Covid-19 Crisis: An InsiderNJ…

6 years ago

New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Shoddy Research Misses The Mark On Extra COVID Funding For Schools

This was originally published at the Sunlight Policy Center of NJ. New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) has published a report,…

6 years ago

Murphy Is Losing Key Allies As He Fumbles School Reopening Plans.

It’s a domino effect: Despite Gov. Murphy’s resistance to lengthy periods of online instruction, district after district -- 150 at…

6 years ago

Murphy Has A Reminder For School Districts at Today’s Press Conference

At today's daily press briefing on COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy reminded school districts that if they plan on taking him…

6 years ago