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New Newark Student Learning Data: All Newark Students Rise, With Variations Among Charter, Magnet, and District

Today Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) released an analysis of student academic performance in all Newark…

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Lakewood Schools’ Lawyer Responds to Asbury Park Press’s Racist Photo Caption

Update: The NJ Globe just reported that Asbury Park Press has fired Gustavo Martínez-Contreras, who wrote the caption to the…

4 years ago

Camden Teachers Union President Erupts Over Ed Dept-Approved School Closures

A new petition on change.org is demanding the resignation of Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs. (Oddly, it doesn’t use her name…

4 years ago

LILLEY: Montclair Union President Has a Seat at the Table; Montclair Parents Do Not

A picture is indeed worth a thousand words, and this one of NJEA Vice President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller and Montclair…

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JAMES: You Do Not Need Permission to Demand Better Public Schools

One of my mentors and political godfather was the great Carl Sharif. We lost the great Carl over five years…

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NJ Commissioner Sides With Newark Superintendent, Denies 4 Charter School Expansions

On Friday New Jersey Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan notified four charter schools in Newark that she is denying their requests…

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Breaking: New Details Emerge About Asbury Park High School Stabbings

On Tuesday, outside the main doors of Asbury High School, two students were stabbed. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced…

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Montclair Tentatively Resolves Reopening Issues with Teachers Union But Parent Suit Continues

Late yesterday Montclair Public Schools District announced a settlement with the Montclair Education Association over the lawsuit filed by the…

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Camden Superintendent Will Close Three Schools, Not Four, Despite Teachers Union Tactics

Last month we asked whether Camden Education Association president Keith Benson had the New Jersey Department of Education in his…

4 years ago

New Jersey’s Educational Caste System, Lakewood’s Elephant in the Room, and One Truth-Speaker

I’m awfully hard on Education Law Center so it is with pleasure that I salute Executive Director David Sciarra’s candor…

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