Friday morning Asbury Park staff and students arrived at school to find that Superintendent Sancha Gray was closing the district because too many staff members
Reginald Mirthil, the principal of Thurgood Marshall Upper Elementary School, has been suspended. On Tuesday he sent out a tweet that led to a lockdown
Few education topics get parents, teachers, and school leaders more riled up than discussions about using results from student tests to measure the quality of
“Districts have serious needs, and this could help them address equity issues worsened by the virus. But as welcome as this money is, the state’s
Any close observer of Asbury Park School Board meetings witnesses the hold Gov. Phil Murphy’s pick for State Education Commissioner, Lamont Repollet, continues to exert
For certain New Jerseyans, a favorite sport is attacking New Jersey’s public charter schools. One popular move is to lambaste charters for signing leases for
You may be wondering why I’ve been paying so much attention to Asbury Park. It’s this: In 2017 when Gov. Phil Murphy chose Asbury Park’s
Last Saturday the Asbury Park Education Association sent out a survey to all staff, asking them to rank the four district administrators who applied to
Next Monday, May 24th, the Asbury Park Board of Education will interview candidates to replace out-going Superintendent Sancha Gray. Numerous sources have contacted me to
Last week New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released a “report” that tries to prove the state takeover of Camden Public Schools in 2013 didn’t result