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NJ Student’s Letter to New Ed Commissioner: My Teacher Helps Me Gather the Courage to Speak in a Space That Prefers My Silence.

This letter first appeared in The 74. Dear Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, I…

4 years ago

Senate Democrats: New Bill Would Require Ed Dept. To Collect Data on Covid Learning Loss

Following the Department of Education’s announcement on statewide assessments and the issuing of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation report on…

4 years ago

New Report: NJ Could Save $950 Million a Year With This School Choice Program

Martin F. Lueken of EdChoice (with an assist from @stateaidguy) has a new paper out called “Fiscal Analysis of an…

4 years ago

More Shoddy Research From NJ Policy Perspective With a Boost From NJ Spotlight

NJ Spotlight continues to live down to its new reputation as a megaphone for the NJEA and its allies.  In…

4 years ago

Stark Racial and Economic Gaps Shape Effectiveness of Student Learning During COVID

There’s a new poll out on New Jersey parents’ views of the efficacy of remote instruction, a critical topic as…

4 years ago

How Disproportionate Is New Jersey’s Rate of School Suspensions?

According to Carly Sitrin of Politico (the full article is behind a paywall), Black students in New Jersey were suspended…

4 years ago

Why I Went From Voucher Opponent to Voucher Advocate

When I first started this blog twelve years ago as a neophyte in the education reform world, one of the…

4 years ago

LILLEY: Is NJ Spotlight Excessively Deferential to Funder NJEA?

Sunlight Policy Center has noticed a disturbing trend with the news website NJ Spotlight.  Normally when Sunlight submits an op-ed,…

4 years ago

New Appointments at the NJ Department of Education

Over the last two weeks the New Jersey State Board of Education has approved two people to serve under new…

4 years ago

We Don’t Just Need COVID Testing, Our Students Need Academic Testing Too

When I was seven months pregnant with my first baby I developed a condition called preeclampsia. It can be quite…

4 years ago