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Two Brave Lakewood Teachers Fight To Stay Out of School Until They Test Negative for Covid-19.

I am in the room all day and it is a lack of concern for the teachers and the students.…

4 years ago

We Must Vote for the Candidates Who Will Implement the Right Policies for Our Kids

I first met Shennell McCloud when she was Director of Recruitment, and then as Director of Advocacy for KIPP New…

4 years ago

After a Decade of Opposing Voucher Programs, I’m Wondering If I Was Wrong

This is the first in a series of three pieces on my changing views of publicly-funded vouchers to parochial and…

4 years ago

Newark Continues Citywide Public School Enrollment Surge For Fifth Consecutive Year

After years of decreasing enrollment and a general lack of trust in its public schools, state data shows that Newark’s public…

4 years ago

Montclair Families, “Devastated” By Remote Instruction, Demand To Be Treated As “Equal Shareholders”

This is a petition circulating among Montclair parents who oppose the district's decision to begin the school year remotely, despite…

4 years ago

More Lakewood Internal Emails: Board Attorney Accuses Union President of “Hate and Personal Bias”

https://twitter.com/newsguz/status/1301660239893270530 That's Gustavo Martinez of the Asbury Park Press, who has been doing a stellar job covering the latest antics…

4 years ago

Internal Emails Between Lakewood Union President and Board Attorney: “Repulsive Conduct” or “Undocumented Allegations”?

For many New Jersey school districts today is opening day. What that day looks like -- viewed through chromebooks, plexiglass…

4 years ago

Letter From Lakewood Attorney to Union Reps Re: Teacher Requests for Remote Instruction

This is a letter from Lakewood School Board attorney Michael Inzelbuch, sent last night to Jennifer Raike, who represents Ocean…

4 years ago

Parent Lets Loose At District’s “Piss-Poor” Reopening Plan: “My Trust Is Broken.”

This is a comment on the Facebook page of the Lakewood Education Association attached to a post that reprints the…

4 years ago

“We Should Not Be Forced To Choose Between Our Job and Our Life”: Teacher Resignations Rise in New Jersey (New: Update on Lakewood)

Advance Media has an article today entitled "Surge in N.J. teacher leave requests is crushing school reopening plans." The Asbury…

4 years ago