New Report on ‘Unfinished Learning’ Finds Our Kids Are Not Okay
Laura Waters
December 7, 2021
This is a disaster. The bottom has fallen out, and the results are as bad as you can imagine. We haven’t seen this kind of
ANALYSIS: NJ Ed Department’s Proposal for Dumbed-Down Tests Is 64 Floor Redux
Laura Waters
December 6, 2021
Two years ago, under the leadership of Phil Murphy’s Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, the State Board of Education voted 12-1 to kill the standardized assessments
From Murphy to McAuliffe: How Badly Did School Closures Hurt the Democratic Brand?
Laura Waters
December 3, 2021
Camden Couty Democratic Party Chairman Jim Beach circulated an email this week in which he tallies the votes in Camden County for Phil Murphy and
SCOOP: Murphy’s Ed Department Gives Up on Student Success After High School
Laura Waters
December 2, 2021
Yesterday the State Board of Education convened to hear a presentation from the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education on the new graduation test called the
COMMENTARY: What We Lost When We Lost Steve Sweeney
Laura Waters
December 1, 2021
I know I’m late to the party but I join others in mourning the loss of Steve Sweeney as President of the New Jersey State
Montclair, Where Wokeness Comes to Die: Latest on Whistleblower’s Report
Laura Waters
November 29, 2021
Montclair Public Schools District, New Jersey’s moneyed bastion of wokeness, is confronting yet a racially-charged and sexist incident mired in local corruption. Montclair Local reports
COMMENTARY: Districts Like Newark Now Have Tons of Money. Are They Using It Right?
Laura Waters
November 22, 2021
I live in Lawrence, New Jersey—a middle-class, diverse town, halfway between Princeton and Trenton. For years I was on the school board and was very
Asbury Park Teachers Speak Out: ‘I Would Send My Child Here Over My Dead Body’
Laura Waters
November 18, 2021
Last Friday, in response to pleas from its membership, the leaders of the Asbury Park Education Association released the results of a Climate Survey filled
The Real Story Behind the Asbury Park Staff Suspensions
Laura Waters
November 11, 2021
Asbury Park Public Schools is again making headlines. At 2 am Friday* morning head football coach Nick Famularo was found partially clothed and inebriated with
Montclair Voters Fire Teacher Union President Sean Spiller as School District Overseer
Laura Waters
November 10, 2021
Last week Montclair voters passed a referendum on the ballot that changes the school district’s odd status as a Type 1 district, where the mayor