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‘There Was Never Any Warning!’ Mercer County Special Services District Lays Off 31 Staff Members

Parents and staff members at Mercer County Special Services School DIstrict (MCSSD) are “outraged” at news that the district, which…

4 years ago

New Program Helps Jewish Students and Newark Students Find Common Ground

I have a kid who’s in a school in an upper middle class neighborhood, and (it’s) mostly white kids. And…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Will NJ’s New Ed Commissioner Plant Her Flag With Camden Families or Union Lobbyists?

Over the last two years I’ve documented the power New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) wields over the Murphy Administration and…

4 years ago

NJ Department of Health Loosens Guidance for In-School Instruction

Last week the New Jersey Department of Health loosened some of the restrictions on in-school learning based on new data…

4 years ago

NJ Senate Education Chair: We Must Assess Student Learning Loss This Year

Senate Education Chair M. Teresa Ruiz issued the following statement welcoming the Biden Administration’s move to begin collecting data on…

4 years ago

National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools on Biden’s School Reopening Plan (Plus Tips for Parents)

This is a press release from NCSECS on President Biden's reopening plans. For NJLB coverage of The Center, click here.…

4 years ago

How Do Charters Outperform Traditional Schools Despite More Inexperienced Teachers?

This is a summary of a report from Fordham Institute, "Teacher Effectiveness and Improvement in Charter and Traditional Public Schools."…

4 years ago

What Does Trump Have to Do With a Jersey Charter School?

Randal Pinkett is a Newark businessman and the first African-American student  from Rutgers to win a Rhodes Scholarship. He’s also…

4 years ago

Nine New Senate Bills Aim to Address NJ’s Teacher Diversity Gap

Senator Teresa Ruiz, chair of the Senate Education Committee, just introduced a series of bills to address the lack of…

4 years ago

NJ Assembly Passes Diversity and Inclusion Bill, Despite Objections to Teaching Young Children About Sexual Identity

The New Jersey Assembly just approved a bill, A4454, that “requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion…

4 years ago