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NJ Education Report / Articles by: Laura Waters

My Grandma Would Tell Me, ‘Lakewood Is Bad for the Jews.’

Laura Waters October 16, 2020

My grandmother of blessed memory, Lena Weinman, divided the universe into two parts, what was “good for the Jews” and what was “bad for the

Will NJEA Cry Segregation When They See Niche Rankings of Our State’s Top Schools? I Doubt It, But They Should.

Laura Waters October 15, 2020

Niche, the platform that rates schools across the country, just announced the “top five public high schools in New Jersey.” They are:Bergen County Academies in

What’s $12 Billion Among Friends? Or, How the SDA Wasted Your Tax Money.

Laura Waters October 14, 2020

Last week I wrote about how the practice of nepotism at the Schools Development Authority under the “leadership” of former CEO Lizette Polanco-Delgado matched the

What Does It Mean When a Seven-Year-Old With Autism Is Physically Assaulted By a School Resource Officer?

Laura Waters October 13, 2020

Okay. This is personal. As the mom of a son with disabilities who, while not formally diagnosed as autistic has a number of autistic tendencies,

“Unlike Most Parents, We Want To Outlive Our Children.”

Laura Waters October 12, 2020

That’s a parent speaking to Paul Aronsohn, Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families. As required, this past summer he submitted

Split Screen of SDA/DOE: Nepotism In the Soprano State.

Laura Waters October 8, 2020

There’s been lots of chatter about news that the Governor’s Office — not Murphy necessarily but, as NJ Spotlight puts it, “top members of Gov.

I Thought Vouchers Were Wrong, But Now I Realize They Helped My Son

Laura Waters October 7, 2020

Recently I wrote that a residency hearing with two children, Kayla and Tasha, represented to me our deeply-embedded structural inequities in education that decades of

“Take Your Masks and Shove It”: Lakewood Ultra-Orthodox Community Reacts To “Deeply Concerning” Covid Cases in Ocean County

Laura Waters October 5, 2020

Currently Lakewood is New Jersey’s hot spot for coronoavirus infections. There are two reasons: 1) there is a lack of social-distancing and/or mask-wearing during the

You Can Hate Trump And Support School Choice

Laura Waters October 1, 2020

Every time Donald Trump says, “school choice is the civil rights issue of our time,” I cringe. It’s hard to think of a more debauched

Did Murphy and NJEA’s Excellent Adventure Hit a Pothole?

Laura Waters September 30, 2020

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy celebrated his victory — signing a Legislature-approved nine-month budget of $32.7 billion that includes his millionaire’s tax and a $4.5 billion

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