When my younger daughter was in eighth grade, she and her classmates had to give a short speech about themselves. The topic she chose was
At 1:00 today, the the New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will consider Bill 3381, sponsored by Senator Teresa Ruiz, who is Chair of
Check out my new column in The 74. It starts here: Phil Murphy won his New Jersey governorship in 2017 by promising progressive action on
You have to give him this: Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet didn’t waste any time. Governor Phil Murphy appointed him on January 29, 2018. Ten days
I’ve often wondered to what degree Gov. Phil Murphy’s agenda is driven by the wonts of NJEA, New Jersey’s primary teacher union. After all, his
Let’s be clear: the vast majority of staff members at the New Jersey Department of Education are caring, competent people, focused on the best policies
Throughout Phil Murphy’s slipshod attempts to eliminate PARCC assessments I’ve always wondered whether the State Legislature would take some sort of action to maintain this
Less than two weeks ago a local paper reported that Trenton public schools students feel unsafe and uneducated. At about the same time an appellate court
Newsflash: insiders tell me that there has been no improvement within New Jersey’s floundering Department of Education. In an accidental metaphor, the pages of the
The New Jersey Globe recently published its annual “Year in Review,” a listing of Garden State political winners and losers, as well as a set