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Lakewood School Board Re-Ups Lawyer’s ‘Obscene and Immoral’ $600K Per Year Contract
Last week the Lakewood Public Schools District reappointed Michael Inzelbuch to continue on as its attorney through June 2023 at…
Newark Will Spend Only 5% Of COVID Funds on Tutoring Students
Newark Public Schools has revealed how they're spending the $182 million in the last phase of federal emergency funds online…
Newark Board of Education Will Hire Retired Teachers and Create a Pathway for New Teachers
The Newark Board of Education (NBOE) is poised to take advantage of new legislation that allows them to hire retired…
Camden Education Fund and Camden U Announce New “Teacher Pathway” Partnership
The Camden Education Fund and Camden U, a nonprofit hybrid college, today announced a new partnership designed to give Camden’s…
COMMENTARY: Forget About the ‘Math Wars’ and Look at Corey and Kyela
Let’s start with a history lesson: in 1882, before computers, software engineering, and artificial intelligence were even a glint in…
NJ Assembly Members To Murphy’s Ed Department: What’s the Plan? Our Kids Can’t Wait.
Yesterday the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee held a hearing on Gov. Phil Murphy's proposed $48.9 billion budget and, at…
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop Gets Unplugged on Facebook
Two weeks ago the Jersey City Board of Education, by a vote of 5-4, passed a slightly lower 2022-2023 school…
With Friends Like Biden and Murphy, Who Needs Enemies?
Last week Newark Public Schools District reported the alarming news that, based on results from internal assessments, only 6% of…
O’NEILL: Camden Partners–Charter and District–Work Together To Improve Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
Paul O’Neill is the Co-founder and Senior Fellow at the Center for Learner Equity. He comes to this work as…
ANALYSIS: Two Percent of Newark 4th-Graders Will Meet Expectations in Math. Do We Blame Covid or Newark Leaders?
Last week news broke that 98% of Newark fourth-graders are not expected to meet state expectations in math this spring.…