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State Legislature Divided on Whether To Waive Spring Standardized Testing

There’s a rift in the State Legislature: Two Assemblywomen, Pamela Lampitt and Mila Jasey, will introduce a bill next week…

4 years ago

Here’s What Mark Weber Gets Wrong About Camden Charter Schools’ Impact on Teacher Diversity

Mark Weber may have anticipated feeling a trifle abashed after this week's publication of  a data-driven apolitical analysis he wrote…

4 years ago

Breaking: DOE is Delaying Standardized Tests Until April (at Least)

An inside source reports that the New Jersey Department of Education will announce that DOE Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan is delaying…

4 years ago

Newark Superintendent Continues To Battle Charter Schools: Next Step, Take Back a Building Sold to KIPP

Newark Superintendent Roger León is ratcheting up his war on the city’s charter schools, which are responsible for Newark's standing as the…

4 years ago

New DOE Commissioner: ‘It Is Impossible to Accelerate Learning if You Cannot Measure It’

Everyone agrees that over the last year many New Jersey students, especially those from low-income households, have lost academic ground.…

4 years ago

Civil Rights Advocates to Cardona: Don’t ‘Sweep Learning Disparities Under the Rug’ by Granting Waivers for Assessments

This is a letter addressed to President Biden's nominee for U.S. education secretary, Dr. Miguel Cardona, and signed by major…

4 years ago

BREAKING: NJ Supreme Court Sides With Jersey City Teachers Union

In a decision issued today, the New Jersey State Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for New Jersey taxpayers…

4 years ago

Is Our Education System Leaving Creative Children Behind?

(This is a guest post by Aggie Sung, a certified early education teacher whose passion is in children’s books that…

7 years ago

Just How Irrelevant is the NEA?

This irrelevant: on Tuesday, July 4th, at its annual Delegate Assembly, the National Education Association passed a resolution that would…

7 years ago

All Signs Point To The Waning of the Opt-Out Movement: Just Look at Princeton

Princeton Regional Public Schools is the bellwether of the opt-out movement in New Jersey. The wealthy and mostly White district…

8 years ago