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Is Hoboken Superintendent Guilt-Tripping Parents During COVID To Salvage State Aid?

Hoboken Superintendent Christine Johnson just sent out an email to all Hoboken public school parents (full copy below) regarding the…

4 years ago

Latest News on New Jersey’s (Rapidly Changing) School Reopening Plans.

It's not a secret how all this should work. When anticipating prolonged school closures, states need to set clear expectations…

4 years ago

If the Marlins Can’t Control COVID, How Can Schools? Murphy’s “Clarification” Explained

My baseball-fanatic husband just told me that the Yankees-Phillies game tonight was cancelled because 14 members of the Miami Marlins…

4 years ago

In Asbury Park, A Call for the State Fiscal Monitor to Resign

Last night the Asbury Park Board of Education held its monthly meeting --with a bit of a twist. Since mid-March…

4 years ago

Breaking News: Murphy Announces New Guidance for School Reopenings

Just now the Governor tweeted: https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1286708981046575105 According to the new guidance (see here), all schools must offer "Unconditional Eligibility for…

4 years ago

Murphy: Without Money From Washington We Cannot Support Our Schools.

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy gave a coronavirus press conference and made several references to school openings. If you recall (if…

4 years ago

Mike Lilley and Jersey Jazzman Go At it: Are NJ Teachers Really Underpaid?

Two weeks ago Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey skewered the scholarship of Mark Weber, aka…

4 years ago

With Repollet Gone, Murphy Fesses Up to the Vastness of NJ’s Digital Divide

When Lamont Repollet was New Jersey's Commissioner of Education and schools closed in mid-March, he told districts to "get creative"…

4 years ago

Murphy Reverses DOE School Reopening Guidance: Parents Can Choose All-Remote Instruction.

Developing Story: Governor Murphy just announced that all New Jersey parents will have the option of keeping their children home…

4 years ago

Surely We Can Do Better Than DeVos When It Comes to Opening Schools

Sunday morning Education Secretary Betsy DeVos went on CNN and Fox to tout her belief that all American schools must…

4 years ago