Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex and Morris) got a taste of urban families’ wrath on Tuesday morning when more than one hundred parents gathered in front
From today’s PolitickerNJ: More than 100 people protested in front of the Maplewood office of state Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-27) on Tuesday morning, decrying her
No one likes to lay off teachers: neither parents, students, administrators, board members. While an article in the Courier Post ably captures everyone’s dismay, it
In response to concerns about summer retention – educationally-disadvantaged children lose up to three months of reading and math proficiency each summer – Camden Public
At a Newark Advisory School Board meeting earlier this week, Mayor Ras Baraka ended his comments to the Board this way (video here): “This is
It starts here: Last Friday Janice Williams, Grievance Chair of the Trenton Education Association, did us all a favor and cut through the political pantomime
From the press release: May 20, 2015–Office of the Superintendent, Camden, NJ – This morning Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard will join Camden Mayor Dana Redd at
Yesterday the Newark City Council, duly-elected representatives of Newark residents, passed a resolution that opposes Assembly bill 4351, sponsored by Patrick Diegnan and Mila Jasey,
On Saturday the Star-Ledger published a lengthy editorial-cum-analysis on the pushback in New Jersey against high-performing charter schools, specifically KIPP NJ, which runs schools in
Today Walter Bowne, an A.P. English teacher somewhere in South Jersey, argues in NJ Spotlight that PARCC test results should not be tied to his