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Parent Advocates Win Battle to Open Day Programs for Adults with Disabilities!

Parents of adult children with intellectual and developmental disabilities received great news this morning: The Murphy Administration has agreed to…

4 years ago

Advocates Demand That Murphy Administration Provide Equity for Adults With Developmental Disabilities

This is a letter from Thomas Arnone of the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners to Gov. Phil Murphy asking…

4 years ago

Montclair Rumor Mill: Mayor Spiller and Teacher Union Prez Handpick School Board Members

The rumor mill is abuzz in Montclair. Here's the latest: When Mayor Sean Spiller, current Vice President of the New…

4 years ago

Camden Schools Reopen But Jersey City Schools Will Stay Closed Until September: Why?

Yesterday in Camden, district kindergarten-2nd grade students were welcomed back to in-person classes with "clean versions of hit pop songs,…

4 years ago

BREAKING: Montclair Mayor/Teacher Union Boss Sean Spiller Fires School Board Member for Daring ‘to Represent the Interests of Our Children Rather Than a Political Machine’

Here is a statement from Montclair Board of Education member Sergio Gonzalez upon Mayor/in-coming NJEA President Sean Spiller's termination of…

4 years ago

Murphy Goes to Court to Fight a School Desegregation Lawsuit. What Gives?

The Star-Ledger has a series called “Friendly Fire” where two consultants, Democrat Julie Roginsky and Republican Mike Duhaime, discuss policitically…

4 years ago

Gov. Murphy Praised for Barring Remote Instruction in September

Gov. Phil Murphy is receiving high praise for his "bold proclamation" that in September, “unless the world goes sideways,” schools…

4 years ago

Five Students at Trenton’s Biggest Public Charter School Win National Award For Destigmatizing Mental Health

Yesterday, a group of five high school students at Foundation Academies – a high-performing public charter school network in Trenton…

4 years ago

New Jersey Was Given an Inch By the Feds for State Testing But ‘We’re Taking a Mile’

Today Dale Chu considers the "well-intentioned offer from the federal government" to give states greater flexibility in mandatory state standardized…

4 years ago

Blue States Failing Students by Not Reopening, Writes Former Camden Supt. in TIME

Earlier this week, Paymon Rouhanifard, former Superintendent of Camden City Public Schools, hit back at "blue states" -- those that…

4 years ago