Commentary

COMMENTARY:Three Ways Gov. Murphy Can Resuscitate his Education Department

I’m tired of writing about the ineptitude of the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education. And now I’m (almost!) tired of…

2 years ago

Wake Up For Wednesday’s State Board of Education Meeting: Test Scores and Gender Identity

On Wednesday at 10am, the New Jersey Department of Education will finally share results with the State Board (and the…

2 years ago

Wednesday’s Forum Will Highlight Murphy Administration’s Dishonesty About Student Learning Loss

Last month we reported New Jersey was one of nine states in the country that hadn’t released student test results…

2 years ago

COMMENTARY: New Jersey Parents Face Off Against a Education Department That’s Too Dense to Care

A new bill in the New Jersey Senate would make state finances “readily accessible to the public,” says Senate Budget…

2 years ago

NAEP, San Francisco, and Murphy’s Approach to ‘Social Justice’

Who knew New Jersey was an educational trend-setter? Yesterday Jay Mathews at the Washington Post described how pandemic accommodations that…

2 years ago

Is Newark’s Superintendent Delusional? Don’t Bother Asking the School Board.

Newark Superintendent Roger León lies to the public with impunity, a tic unrestrained by the district’s Board of Education which…

2 years ago

What REALLY Happened At Monday’s Statehouse Hearing on Learning Loss and Testing? Not What You Think.

I've always been a fan of NJ Spotlight, the online news platform founded by John Mooney in 2009, and, in…

2 years ago

COMMENTARY: The Lawsuit to Desegregate NJ Schools Rests on Whether Lululemom Will Open in Trenton

Today Mary Ann Koruth of The Record has a great update of a lawsuit currently before the state Superior Court…

2 years ago

NJEA Goes KGB On The New Sex Education Standards and Grooms Its Own Candidates

Twitter is no fair representative of public sentiment but my feed is suddenly clogged by New Jersey residents appalled by…

2 years ago

What We’re Getting Wrong About the New Jersey Teacher Shortage

New Jersey Republican Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis wrote yesterday that New Jersey needs "to combat the teacher shortage "head-on" to protect…

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