South Orange-Maplewood School District has just announced a strict mask policy—although officials would prefer that Gov. Phil Murphy issue an in-school mask mandate to spare
This past spring Newark school district students took NWEA’s diagnostic MAP tests,* which measure achievement and growth in math, reading, and other subjects. The results
Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) held its third annual Statewide Equity Conference, with an emphasis on providing emotional support, creating “healing spaces,”
New Jersey is widely heralded for its Abbott Preschool Program, a linchpin of the Abbott rulings intended to provide equity to low-income children. However, an
Gov. Phil Murphy and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have marched in lock-step during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether in regards to mask mandates
The posh MC Hotel in downtown Montclair is the place to be this Saturday evening at 7 pm. There, we reported Friday, Montclair Mayor/New Jersey
Asbury Park Acting Superintendent Rashawn Adams really wants to be Asbury Park’s next permanent superintendent. How badly does he want the slot? Badly enough to
Last November, while Newark was plagued by a COVID-positivity rate of 22%, Montclair Mayor/NJ teacher union President-to-be Sean Spiller decided the time was ripe to
Yesterday Gov. Phil Murphy “strongly recommended” that people wear masks indoors. His public statement came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued
Erika Asikoye, who grew up in New Jersey, is the Director of the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA) at The Center for Black Educator Development in Philadelphia,