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JerseyCAN Launches NJ Teacher Leader Policy and Parent Champion Fellowships

As Students Head Back to School, Parents and Teachers are Gearing Up for Another Year of Strong Advocacy In an…

2 years ago

NJEA Goes KGB On The New Sex Education Standards and Grooms Its Own Candidates

Twitter is no fair representative of public sentiment but my feed is suddenly clogged by New Jersey residents appalled by…

2 years ago

GOODMAN: With College Tuition Sky-High and Teachers Scarce, We Need To Change the Way Schools Are Accredited

Robert Goodman is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning and a former NJ Teacher…

2 years ago

NJER-TV VIDEO: JerseyCAN’s Paula White Explains Why We Can’t Settle For ‘Feel-Good Decisions’ Amid a Learning Crisis

Today NJER-TV presents the second of a two-part video series where NJ Education Report Editor Laura Waters interviews JerseyCAN Executive…

2 years ago

NJER-TV VIDEO: Paula White On How Education Politics Can Disrupt What’s Best for Students and Families

Today NJER TV unveils the first of two videos in which I interview Paula White, the new Executive Director of…

2 years ago

Senator Schepisi Urges Health Benefits Commission To Rescue School Districts Plagued With Runaway Healthcare Costs

In a letter to members of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission prior to their meeting to consider astronomical…

2 years ago

What We’re Getting Wrong About the New Jersey Teacher Shortage

New Jersey Republican Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis wrote yesterday that New Jersey needs "to combat the teacher shortage "head-on" to protect…

2 years ago

Paula White, Education Policy Expert and NJ Mom, Will Run Statewide Education Advocacy Organization

JerseyCAN, the only statewide advocacy organization in New Jersey committed to ensuring access to high-quality public schools for every child…

2 years ago

MATSIKOUDIS: New Jersey Can Remedy the Teacher Shortage By Easing Regulations and Eligibility

Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis serves as a member of the Assembly Education Committee and the Joint Committee on Public Schools. She…

2 years ago

Murphy Signs Two Bills To Expand Free Breakfast and Lunch to Middle-Income Students

Governor Phil Murphy signed two bills today that will help combat food insecurity among students across the state. The first…

2 years ago