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Choosing the Best New Jersey Private School for Children with Special Needs

Julie Mower is Executive Director of The Phoenix Center, an accredited non-profit, private school that serves nearly 140 students ages…

4 years ago

Is the Captain of Asbury Park Schools Abandoning the Ship? Rumors of Sancha Gray’s Departure and Why You Should Care

According to inside sources who will remain anonymous, Asbury Park Superintendent Sancha Gray is on the verge of leaving her…

4 years ago

State Legislature Divided on Whether To Waive Spring Standardized Testing

There’s a rift in the State Legislature: Two Assemblywomen, Pamela Lampitt and Mila Jasey, will introduce a bill next week…

4 years ago

Breaking: DOE is Delaying Standardized Tests Until April (at Least)

An inside source reports that the New Jersey Department of Education will announce that DOE Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan is delaying…

4 years ago

New DOE Commissioner: ‘It Is Impossible to Accelerate Learning if You Cannot Measure It’

Everyone agrees that over the last year many New Jersey students, especially those from low-income households, have lost academic ground.…

4 years ago

Long-Time Charter School Opponent Shows Charters Increase Funding to District Schools

The Fordham Institute issued today a report called "Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances." This data analysis of…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Does Camden’s Teachers Union President Have the NJ Education Department in His Back Pocket?

This is part of an email Camden Education Association President Keith Benson sent late last week to his members (or…

4 years ago

RICCARDS: 48 U.S. States Teach Reading More Effectively Than New Jersey

“Follow the science.” For nearly a year now, that has been the mantra governing all decisions regarding New Jersey’s public…

4 years ago

NJ Unions and Allied Groups Send an Open Letter to Phil Murphy and Everyone Else

The following "open letter from public education advocates to New Jersey families and communities" is, says John Mooney of NJ…

4 years ago

Newark Teachers Say Principal’s Ban on Failing Students Is ‘Hurting Kids’

It appears that the principal of Newark’s Central High School, Dr. Sharnee Brown, is taking lessons from former New Jersey…

4 years ago