Which School District in Your County Pays Teachers Most Generously?

While K-12 educators are generally underpaid for the critical work they do, sometimes they earn more than you'd think, especially…

5 years ago

COMMENTARY: New ‘Report’ on Camden Students’ Academic Growth Fails the Smell Test

Last week New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released a “report” that tries to prove the state takeover of Camden Public…

5 years ago

We Parents Did All the Scrambling During This Pandemic, and Now Randi Weingarten Wants the Credit

Christina Laster is the founder of the Inland Empire and San Diego Parent Unions. She is a former statewide community…

5 years ago

Thirty Lakewood Teachers ‘Kicked to the Curb’

“It’s chaos for our students. They crave routine and stability. They never know who their teachers are going to be…

5 years ago

New Study: Newark Public Charter Schools Do Not ‘Push Out’ Students With Disabilities and English Language Learners

One of the most popular soundbites one hears from those who oppose public charter schools is that they push out…

6 years ago

During National Charter School Week, How Are the Children?

After a once-in-a-generation pandemic, academic crisis nationwide, and historic challenges, New Jersey’s public charter schools are celebrating National Charter School…

6 years ago

BREAKING: Kean University Prez Repollet Tries to Control Asbury Park School Board From Afar

According to five sources, former New Jersey Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet has inserted himself into the Asbury Park School Board…

6 years ago

COMMENTARY: Someone Needs to Tell This NJ Superintendent That Schools Are Accountable to Families, Not the Other Way Around

You probably didn’t read Sunday's Star-Ledger op-ed by John Kellmayer called “‘Harrison Bergeron’ and How to Close the Achievement Gap.” …

6 years ago

MYTH BUSTED: NJ Education Groups React to New Boston University Study Proving That Newark Charter Schools Do Not Push Out High-Need Students

Study Showed the Opposite Was True: Students with Special Education, English Language Learners More Likely To Stay At Newark Charter Schools…

6 years ago

‘For Progressives to Step in and Tell Newark Parents What’s Best For Their Own Children Is Plain Offensive’

Tom Moran, head of the Star-Ledger Editorial Board, looks squarely at a lawsuit currently in New Jersey State Supreme Court…

6 years ago