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Asbury Park Superintendent Needs a Math Lesson

Friday morning Asbury Park staff and students arrived at school to find that Superintendent Sancha Gray was closing the district…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Asbury Park Schools Shut Down Unexpectedly Due to Teacher Protest; ‘Official Statement’ From Gray

(See "official update" from Superintendent Sancha Gray below.) This morning Asbury Park teachers and students arrived at district schools for…

3 years ago

New Report: Most State Takeovers Don’t Help Students, Except in Camden

A new working paper out from Brown University studies the impact of state takeovers on 35 school districts. The authors,…

3 years ago

Asbury Update: A ‘Whistleblower’ Gets Suspended and the School Board Plays Charades

Reginald Mirthil, the principal of Thurgood Marshall Upper Elementary School, has been suspended. On Tuesday he sent out a tweet…

3 years ago

Trenton Charter School Students Steam Ahead Through Pandemic

Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit focused on dramatically changing education and life outcomes for underserved children, has been assisting…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Asbury Park Schools District on Complete Lock-Down After Principal’s Tweet

Update: All schools are now open. Asbury Park High School, the only school in the city where citizens can vote…

3 years ago

Community Members Ask, ‘Why Doesn’t the State Department of Education Pay Attention to Asbury Park?’

Any close observer of Asbury Park School Board meetings witnesses the hold Gov. Phil Murphy’s pick for State Education Commissioner,…

3 years ago

All Students Will Pass All Courses at Asbury Park. How Is Your District Handling Grading This Year?

This is a message, emailed yesterday afternoon, to all Asbury Park teachers at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Upper Elementary…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Asbury Park School Board Cancels Tonight’s Superintendent Interviews

Tonight at 7 pm the Asbury Park Board of Education was scheduled to hold a “Special Meeting” to interview candidates…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Newark Superintendent Borrows a Slam-Dunk Play from Public Charter Schools

For certain New Jerseyans, a favorite sport is attacking New Jersey's public charter schools. One popular move is to lambaste…

3 years ago