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Latest on NAEP Scores: How Does NJ Stack Up Against the Rest of the Country?

This morning the National Assessment for Educational Progress, or NAEP, published 2022 scores for each state. We knew Covid-19 learning…

2 years ago

WEIDMAN: Our Newark Charter Is Fully Staffed With 86% Teachers of Color—Here’s How We Do It

Mindy Weidman  is the Chief Talent Officer of BRICK Education Network, an education organization serving the greater Newark, New Jersey…

2 years ago

O’Scanlon Calls for Investigation of NJ Education Department’s Mismanagement of Start Strong Tests

Senator Declan O’Scanlon called for an investigation into the New Jersey Department of Education’s handling of the “Start Strong” testing…

2 years ago

EXPLAINER: How To Get Your District To Pay For a Private Special Education Placement

Twenty years ago my husband and I were faced with a challenge: Jonah, our then-three-year-old who has Fragile X Syndrome,…

2 years ago

Legislative Black and Latino Caucuses Condemn Murphy’s Plan to Eliminate School-Based Youth Services Programs

The New Jersey Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, statutorily empowered with oversight of its public schools, convened a…

2 years ago

Legislators and Mental Health Advocates Condemn Murphy Administration’s Plan to Close School-Based Youth Services Programs

Gov. Phil Murphy is the target of much criticism for his what these legislators in the press release below call…

2 years ago

Ocean Township High School Has a Database That Tells Staff Whether Parents Should Be Informed of Student Gender Identity

This is an email from a staff member at Ocean Township High School which was flagged by Robert Pondiscio, a…

2 years ago

BREAKING: CDC Adds Covid-19 To Childhood Immunization Schedule; NJ School Mandate Unlikely

Today the a committee of the Centers for Disease Control voted unanimously to add Covid-19 vaccines to the U.S. childhood,…

2 years ago

LILLEY: NJSpotlight Continues to Align Its Education Reporting with NJEA, Its Major Financial Sponsor

The decline of NJSpotlight News as an unbiased news organization continues.  Here are two recent examples. First, NJ Spotlight covered Monday’s Assembly Education Committee…

2 years ago

Paterson Mayor Urges Resolution to Negotiations Impasse Between Teachers and School Board

Earlier this month parents, teachers and students gathered together to protest the Paterson Board of Education's failure to come up…

2 years ago