MCKENNA: Kids Like Adam Toledo Don’t Have a Shot in the ‘Black Box’ of Special Education

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her here (www.lauramckenna.com). This article was originally…

6 years ago

Trenton School Board Sues Teachers to Force In-School Instruction

This past Friday the Trenton Board of Education filed a lawsuit in Superior Court of New Jersey because teachers are…

6 years ago

Dramatic Drop in Newark Students Applying to College–Except For Two Types of Public Schools

The pandemic takes its educational toll in countless ways and one of them is a dramatic drop in Newark high…

6 years ago

NJCF Statement on Education Law Center’s Legal Attack on Newark Charter School Families

This is a press release from the New Jersey Children's Foundation.* At risk today is the fate of 8,500 children…

6 years ago

COMMENTARY: What Does Education Law Center Have Against 8,500 Newark Schoolchildren?

Today the Education Law Center is back in court, once again fighting parents who want to have alternatives to traditional…

6 years ago

JAMES: In Newark, Governor Murphy Was Our Guy—Until He Wasn’t

In my last editorial I shared my prayers for a safe return to school. But we need far more than…

6 years ago

Newark District Magnet School Celebrates First-Gen Student Accepted to Seven Ivy League Colleges!

Congratulations to Janic Aguirre of Bard Early College High School, one of Newark Public School District's admissions-based magnet schools. Janic…

6 years ago

Jersey City Superintendent Reverses Himself: District Schools Will Reopen Next Week

Earlier this week NJ Education Report reported that, in contrast to Camden City Public Schools that just reopened for kindergarten-second…

6 years ago

Hoboken Public Charter School Launches First-Ever International Social Justice Club to Dismantle Racism

Hoboken Dual Language Charter School – a public charter school with a unique model that teaches a robust academic curriculum…

6 years ago

Parent Advocates Win Battle to Open Day Programs for Adults with Disabilities!

Parents of adult children with intellectual and developmental disabilities received great news this morning: The Murphy Administration has agreed to…

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