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COMMENTARY: If Phil Murphy Wants a Second Term, Here’s the Course-Correction He Needs Most

Laura Waters June 21, 2021

If you’ve been following NJ Education Report’s coverage of the dissolution of Asbury Park Public Schools, first under the direction of Lamont Repollet and then

COMMENTARY: New Jersey Is Autism-Chic And That’s Bad For Kids

Laura Waters June 16, 2021

Does one in every 32 New Jersey children really have autism, compared to a national rate of one in 59? Rutgers’ Dr. Walter Zahorodny says 

ANALYSIS: Trail of Corruption Left by Murphy’s Former Education Commissioner in Asbury Park

Laura Waters May 25, 2021

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

COMMENTARY: New ‘Report’ on Camden Students’ Academic Growth Fails the Smell Test

Laura Waters May 17, 2021

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

COMMENTARY: Someone Needs to Tell This NJ Superintendent That Schools Are Accountable to Families, Not the Other Way Around

Laura Waters May 11, 2021

You probably didn’t read Sunday’s Star-Ledger op-ed by John Kellmayer called “‘Harrison Bergeron’ and How to Close the Achievement Gap.”  It’s okay–you didn’t miss much.

COMMENTARY: Education Law Center’s Magic Elixir of Integration Won’t Help Newark’s Black Families

Laura Waters May 6, 2021

Today Chalkbeat has a piece dissecting a current lawsuit, pressed by Education Law Center (ELC), that charges Newark’s charter sector with exacerbating segregation and seeks

Dear Readers: NJ Education Report Wants to Hear From You!

Laura Waters May 4, 2021

Dear readers, As you may know, I’ve been working on a series that asks the question, “Is the New Jersey Education Association too strong or

COMMENTARY: What Does Education Law Center Have Against 8,500 Newark Schoolchildren?

Laura Waters April 26, 2021

Today the Education Law Center is back in court, once again fighting parents who want to have alternatives to traditional schools that, if charters, would

The Christie Exception: When the Teachers Union Doesn’t Get Its Way

Laura Waters April 15, 2021

This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey? As Lenape high school student Sasha Lapham’s experience with

COMMENTARY: My Take on Randi Weingarten’s Belief that Jewish Privilege Drives the Push to Reopen Schools

Laura Waters April 9, 2021

Okay, this is personal. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has labeled American Jews as “part of the ownership class” because (some of us?

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