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NJ Education Report / Articles by: Laura Waters

Amanda Gorman Is Climbing That Hill. Now if Only The Rest of Us Would Join Her.

Laura Waters January 21, 2021

Yesterday at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman stole the show. Lady Gaga? J-Lo? Garth Brooks? No contest. This twenty-two-year-old

What Does Trump Have to Do With a Jersey Charter School?

Laura Waters January 21, 2021

Randal Pinkett is a Newark businessman and the first African-American student  from Rutgers to win a Rhodes Scholarship. He’s also unafraid to call out the

Here’s Why You Should Care About the DOE’s Poor Oversight of Asbury Park (Plus, Three Bonus Rumors)

Laura Waters January 12, 2021

Asbury Park school board members and administrators must be breathing a sigh of relief: Yesterday’s announcement by Gov. Murphy that the state will waive high

Fact-Checking a Skewed Take on Camden School Closures

Laura Waters January 11, 2021

WHYY  has a “news” story on pending closures of traditional schools in Camden City due to declining enrollment. Certainly it’s a topic of interest and

COMMENTARY: Was DeVos Really the “Worst Secretary of Education Ever”?

Laura Waters January 8, 2021

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned last night, citing Wednesday’s putsch at the Capitol, Trump’s incitement of violence, and her concern that “impressionable children are watching all

COMMENTARY: I’m No DeVos Fan, but the New York Times’s Broadside Shows Its Bias

Laura Waters January 5, 2021

The New York Times Editorial Board, in a piece published Sunday called “The Wreckage Betsy DeVos Leaves Behind,” excoriates out-going U.S. Education Secretary DeVos for

Two Top Ten Lists For the Price of One Click!

Laura Waters December 23, 2020

Hi, dear readers. Here are the two top ten posts of 2020. The first is based solely on how many people each one. The second

COMMENTARY: Will Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary Work for All Kids?

Laura Waters December 23, 2020

We want to support you so that you can get to the great work of helping kids. You have to commit to that partnership if

As States Distribute COVID Vaccinations, Parents of People With Disabilities Need Answers, Not Brush-Offs

Laura Waters December 21, 2020

A new study from Oxford University in England, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and summarized here in Science, says that people with Down

COMMENTARY: Good Luck Finding an Education Secretary Who Can Help Kids and Make Unions Happy, Mr. President-Elect

Laura Waters December 9, 2020

President-Elect Joe Biden may be setting himself up for a confrontation between two of his top advisors. Perched on one shoulder will be Dr. Anthony

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