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Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Encourage District Consolidation and Lower Property Taxes

This is a press release from New Jersey State Senators Steve Sweeney, Vin Gopal, and Declan O’Scanlon, who just introduced…

4 years ago

Explainer: How Are Schools Funded in New Jersey, and Why Are My Property Taxes So High?

New Jerseyans love to complain about their property taxes ---with some justification. According to WalletHub, we pay the highest property…

4 years ago

All Eyes on Murphy’s School Aid Proposal in 2022 Budget Address

Tuesday at 1 pm, Gov. Phil Murphy will deliver his 2022 Budget Address (prerecorded and streamed on Facebook, Twitter and…

4 years ago

State Public Charter School Association President Commends Gov. Murphy’s ‘Commonsense Approach’ to Learning Loss

New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association President and CEO Harry Lee issued the following statement reacting to Governor Murphy’s announcement…

4 years ago

Chris Christie Says the CDC School Reopening Guidance Was Unfairly Influenced by Teacher Union Leaders

Follow the science. That was Joe Biden’s promise to the American people—until Randi Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers…

4 years ago

New Jersey Gets Low Marks for Charter School Law

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools just issued its 2021 ranking of state charter school laws. New Jersey's charter…

4 years ago

Groups Urge Governor Murphy to Prioritize Programs Alleviating Learning Loss

Yesterday more than 15 groups, comprised of education advocates, business associations, parents, and teachers, joined in urging Governor Murphy to…

4 years ago

NJ Education Aid: New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Fictions on NJ’s Outmigration

There is a lot of room to argue about the causes of NJ's high rate of domestic outmigration.  Reasonable people…

4 years ago

NJ School Boards Association Explains How To Reopen School While Integrating the “New Normal”

Last week at a virtual meeting with the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, New Jersey School Boards…

4 years ago

Camden Union President Flouts DOE Commissioner’s Request for Respect

Recently I published a piece about Camden Union President Keith Benson’s and Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs’ meeting with New Jersey…

4 years ago