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BREAKING: State School Board Overrules Murphy’s DOE and Says ‘No’ To Lowering Graduation Standards

Today at 12:40 the New Jersey State Board of Education rejected the Murphy Administration's Department of Education’s recommendation that students…

3 years ago

Elizabeth Update: Superintendent Rejects Parents’ Plea For Son’s Medical Protection

Two weeks ago I wrote about Maria Lorenz of Elizabeth who has two children on the autism spectrum in New…

3 years ago

Asbury Park Union President Files Grievance Against District

Good Morning, Pursuant to my discussion with NJEA attorney Stephen Hunter, as well as NJEA Field Representative Tracie Yostpille, I…

3 years ago

Lakewood Settles Case With Administrator Who Served as a ‘Scapegoat’

The Lakewood Board of Education has settled the case with Helen Tobia, the district’s former supervisor who dealt, among other…

3 years ago

JerseyCAN–Once Again–Fills the Vacuum Left By Murphy Administration’s Education Department

Yesterday the Star-Ledger published a long interview with Patricia Morgan, executive director of the education policy watchdog group JerseyCAN and…

3 years ago

Elizabeth Public Schools’ Corruption Now Tied to Two Hitmen and a Jersey City Murder

On Tuesday the New York Times reported that Sean Caddle, 44, of Hamburg, N.J., pleaded guilty in Federal District Court…

3 years ago

Truly Live From Asbury Park: Leaked Videos Show A School District in Crisis

What's it like to be a staff member or student in Asbury Park Public schools? Were teachers exaggerating when they…

3 years ago

Newsflash: Tonight Asbury Park School Board Will Appoint Another Descendent of the ‘Repollet Tree’

Today at its monthly public school board meeting, the Asbury Park Board of Education will approve Dr. LaShawn Gibson as…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Fordham’s New Report Nails the Correlation Between Charter School Growth and General Student Success

Today Fordham Institute released a new report, "Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level," a…

3 years ago

If You’re A Rich White Kid in NJ, Don’t Sweat Over Midterm Exams

There’s an emerging trend among New Jersey high schools: administrators are either canceling midterm exams or diluting their consequences in…

3 years ago