Mark Weber, Ph.D. (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman), has published an op-ed in NJSpotlight (based on a report he did for New Jersey Policy Perspective [NJPP]) that purports to
Gov. Phil Murphy has just nominated a new Education Commissioner, Angelica Allen-McMillan. Here’s Murphy’s statement: “From day one, I pledged to select a Commissioner of
Last week I interviewed Karega Rausch, the new Executive Director of the non-partisan National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA). Why should you care? Because
The Center for Reinventing Public Education’s Executive Director Robin Lake and Research Analyst Lanya McKittrick wrote this analysis, which first appeared here. When districts closed
My grandmother of blessed memory, Lena Weinman, divided the universe into two parts, what was “good for the Jews” and what was “bad for the
Today, the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools released the following statement reacting to new data from the Civil Rights Data Collection that shows
My daughter attends West Side High School in Newark. A long time ago, New Jersey promised us a new $160 million school building for West
This isn’t new news but it’s also not good news. Pew Charitable Trusts updated its pension study to include 2018 data, and NJ comes in dead last
Last week I wrote about how the practice of nepotism at the Schools Development Authority under the “leadership” of former CEO Lizette Polanco-Delgado matched the
There’s been lots of chatter about news that the Governor’s Office — not Murphy necessarily but, as NJ Spotlight puts it, “top members of Gov.