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Not-So-Yummy Breakfast for Kids, Plus Preview of Tonight’s Asbury Park Board Meeting

On October 12th, Asbury Park School District students entered buildings to eat breakfast before taking the state Start Strong diagnostic…

3 years ago

Murphy Coasts to the Finish Line with Skids Greased by NJEA

Major funding for NJ Spotlight News provided by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, New Jersey Education Association,…

3 years ago

Q and A: You Won’t Retain Black Teachers Without Transforming Your School Culture

New Jersey badly lacks teachers of color and the cost is borne by Black and Brown children. If a Black…

3 years ago

NJEA Lobbyists Aren’t Lying: They’re Just Waiting for Honesty That Hasn’t Happened Yet.

It’s going to completely skew results and play into the narrative of learning loss, when it’s really just learning that…

3 years ago

Paterson Schools Report Outbreaks of Violence Due to Scarcity of Security Guards

Last Tuesday a female student standing outside School 15 in Paterson Public Schools District grabbed another girl by the hair…

3 years ago

NJ Kids Can’t Wait–So Here’s How to Address Student COVID Learning Needs

On Tuesday, October 19th, JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high-quality schools for all New Jersey students, launched a new webinar…

3 years ago

Latest From Asbury Park: Would You Work There For $85 a Day?

This week I heard from a special education teacher who used to teach at Asbury Park. This was serendipitous because…

3 years ago

Latest on Vaccine Mandates, Phil Murphy, Bill de Blasio, and NJEA

Here's Matt Friedman this morning in his Politico NJ email, responding to the news that Gov. Phil Murphy will require…

3 years ago

Newark Teacher Union President Tells Black School Board Member She ‘Cannot Serve Two Masters’

A’Dorian Murray-Thomas is a Newark School Board member with a remarkable history. At the ripe old age of 23, this…

3 years ago

South Orange-Maplewood Rushes to Enact Moratorium on Out-of-School Suspensions. What’s Really Going On?

Last night, four hours into the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education public meeting, President Thair Joshua introduced an “urgent” resolution…

3 years ago