For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by the New Jersey Department of Education. The mismanagement by former
Those of you who follow me know I rarely have anything nice to say out-going U.S. Secretary Betsy DeVos and her Education Department. She’s eliminated
Matt Friedman of Politico starts his Playbook this morning with a scoop: Sean Spiller, VP of New Jersey’s largest teacher union (NJEA) and Mayor of
Life is full of surprises but here’s one that blows me away: Michael Inzelbuch, attorney for the Lakewood Public Schools District, board spokesman, and garrulous
Keith Benson, President of the Camden Education Association, has a petition on change.org demanding that NJEA “utilize its massive legal apparatus” to “challenge the legality”
When I first started this blog twelve years ago as a neophyte in the education reform world, one of the first like-minded people I met
When I was seven months pregnant with my first baby I developed a condition called preeclampsia. It can be quite serious—once it was a leading
This past March NJ Left Behind broke news that a student at Asbury Park High School was caught with a gun in his backpack. Now
No, it wasn’t President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ victory. It wasn’t Soon-To-Be-Former President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede. It wasn’t the spontaneous
Every year I voice my disgust at the unnecessary closure of schools two days in November for the New Jersey Education Association’s annual convention. NJEA