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Here’s Some Visual Therapy: Get Ready to Smile!

We all need a break from politics and there's no better way to assuage the soul than seeing the bright,…

4 years ago

NJ Students Beg For Respite From Eight Hours of Screens Per Day.

South Brunswick High School students have started a petition begging the School Board and  Superintendent Scott Feder to change the…

4 years ago

James: My Worst Trumpian Moment Became Newark’s Finest

I am counting the days to Election Day. Trump (not even worthy of being called "President") has made me feel…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Lowering Standards Appears to Be Contagious, Too. I’m Looking at You, New York City.

CASES SPIKE IN NEW YORK CITY There’s another virus spreading in the tri-state area and, while not fatal, it is…

4 years ago

STATEMENT FROM NJCF AND NJPCSA ON NJ AG’S OFFICE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION IN NEWARK

Yesterday, the office of New Jersey’s Attorney General filed a brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court in support of…

4 years ago

SCOOP: NJ Deputy Attorney General Says That Newark Charter School Expansion Embodies ‘Precisely What the Charter School Program Was Designed to Achieve’

Below is the preliminary statement from New Jersey State Deputy Attorney General Christopher Weber in a new brief in the…

4 years ago

Newsflash: Newark Voters Want More High-Quality Public Schools, Charter or Traditional.

This morning Change Research and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation released a poll that shows Newark’s public charter schools are…

4 years ago

Khaliah Fitchett on Going From Handcuffs to Running for Congress

One afternoon in March 2010, Khaliah Fitchette, a 16-year-old student at Newark’s University High School, was riding home on a…

4 years ago

Experts Confirm Newark Is Another Victim of NJ’s Terrible Plan for School Reopenings

As reported by Chalkbeat yesterday: The Newark school system is preparing for students to return to classrooms part time beginning…

4 years ago

Montclair Students With Autism Started in-Person School on Friday. One Glitch: Teachers Didn’t Show Up.

This past Friday, 30 Montclair Public School District students arrived at school for their first day of live instruction. These…

4 years ago