At long last, New Jersey has enacted its first COVID-19 budget. In order for it to be “balanced,” the state will have to borrow $4.5 billion.
I am counting the days to Election Day. Trump (not even worthy of being called “President”) has made me feel disrespected, very angry, and scared.
“Pouring over the work of contemporary reading researchers has led us to believe that aspects of balanced literacy need some ‘rebalancing.’” Those words, written by
Mark Weber, Ph.D. (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman), has published an op-ed in NJSpotlight (based on a report he did for New Jersey Policy Perspective [NJPP]) that purports to
My daughter attends West Side High School in Newark. A long time ago, New Jersey promised us a new $160 million school building for West
The Star-Ledger reports that NJ’s pension investments earned 1.2% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. This is far below the 7.5% assumed return and given that NJ
Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each day of remote learning from
I want to talk about one of the many reasons I started Newark Neighborhood View and one of the many reasons I can’t sleep at
The NJEA’s investments are paying off. New Jersey’s most powerful special interest has had a great recent run with Governor Murphy. As is well
Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey received a copy of a letter sent by a NJEA county association president to the superintendents in the county.