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Update on Newark Superintendent and School Board’s Latest Land-Grab

Newark's State Street School is a small ramshackle building with eight classrooms that hasn’t been used since the 1950’s. Back…

2 years ago

BOUIE & EDWARDS: Just Say NO to an Elected Trenton School Board!

Gene Bouie and Austin Edwards are members of the Trenton Board of Education. This article is not authorized by the…

2 years ago

Newark’s 10-Year Strategic Plan Includes Ballet and Swimming For Preschoolers!

 This is a press release from the Newark School District. For NJ Ed Report commentary on the district's ten-year strategic…

2 years ago

Camden County Will Install Opioid Overdosing Boxes in All Public and Parochial Schools to Combat Drug Crisis

The Board of Commissioners joined state and local officials on Thursday to unveil a new program that will install secure…

2 years ago

BARAKA: New Conference Will Focus on Student and Parent Voices To Address City’s Educational Shortcomings

Ras Baraka is Newark's mayor. This first appeared at nj.com. The will to get it done. This was the unofficial…

2 years ago

GOP Congressional Candidate Slams Camden Charter School For Sensitivity to Gender Fluidity, Urges Norcross to Cancel Wokeness

Reacting to a published report that a teacher at KIPP Cooper Norcross Whittier Middle School lectured students on “they/them pronouns,” Republican candidate…

2 years ago

COMMENTARY: The Lawsuit to Desegregate NJ Schools Rests on Whether Lululemom Will Open in Trenton

Today Mary Ann Koruth of The Record has a great update of a lawsuit currently before the state Superior Court…

2 years ago

NJ Education Commissioner Makes the Right Call On Newark Superintendent’s Crooked Real Estate Deals!

It’s not often that I get a chance to cheer for New Jersey Acting Commissioner of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan. For…

2 years ago

Three Adults Charged With Inciting a Riot at Trenton Central High; District Issues Statement, DOE Sits on Its Hands

Back in June, L.A. Parker of the Trentonian noted that “nothing had changed” at Trenton Central High School since 2005…

2 years ago

As Goes Camden, So Goes India: Moving Beyond Our Self-Imposed Bounds

I've been taking a big-picture look at Camden (more on this next week) and one particular data point stood out.…

2 years ago