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Top Education Advocate to Murphy’s Department of Education and State Board: The Madness Must Stop

STATEMENT FROM JERSEYCAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAULA WHITE REGARDING NJDOE’S PRESENTATION TO THE NEW JERSEY STATE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION [New…

2 years ago

State Board of Education Members Get Fired Up During Discussion About Gender Identity in Sex Education Classes

Today's State Board of Education meeting was a six-hour marathon as Board trustees, Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan, and Education Department…

2 years ago

SCOOP: First Peek at New Jersey State Test Scores!

Today Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan and her team will unveil student levels of proficiency as gauged by last spring's…

2 years ago

VIDEO: We Don’t Just Need Our Kids’ Test Scores—We Need a Competent Education Department Too

Tomorrow morning the State Board of Education will hear a presentation  from the Murphy Administration's Department of Education, which will…

2 years ago

Wake Up For Wednesday’s State Board of Education Meeting: Test Scores and Gender Identity

On Wednesday at 10am, the New Jersey Department of Education will finally share results with the State Board (and the…

2 years ago

Assemblyman Umba Responds to Murphy’s Tutoring Announcement:

A member of the Assembly Education Committee and prime sponsor of legislation to fund more high-impact tutoring in K-12 schools,…

2 years ago

Murphy Announces New Initiative To Try to Accelerate Student Learning in Wake Of Covid

The Murphy Administration today announced the launch of the New Jersey Partnership for Student Success (NJPSS), an initiative designed to…

2 years ago

BREAKING: New Jersey Is Now the Only State in the Nation That Hasn’t Released Statewide Test Scores (Plus Newark Numbers)

CORRECTION: Technically Maine, Maryland, and Vermont have, in addition to New Jersey, not released statewide standardized test results from last…

2 years ago

Murphy Signs Critical School Security Legislation to Help First Responders Protect Students and Teachers

Governor Phil Murphy today signed bill S2426 into law, requiring all public and nonpublic schools in New Jersey to submit…

2 years ago

Top New Jersey Officials Demand More Honesty and Less Vomit From Murphy’s Education Department As Student Proficiency Plummets

When someone stands up and says New Jersey schools are #1 I have an immediate reaction to vomit because I…

2 years ago