EXPLAINER: How To Get Your District To Pay For a Private Special Education Placement

Twenty years ago my husband and I were faced with a challenge: Jonah, our then-three-year-old who has Fragile X Syndrome,…

2 years ago

Legislative Black and Latino Caucuses Condemn Murphy’s Plan to Eliminate School-Based Youth Services Programs

The New Jersey Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, statutorily empowered with oversight of its public schools, convened a…

2 years ago

Legislators and Mental Health Advocates Condemn Murphy Administration’s Plan to Close School-Based Youth Services Programs

Gov. Phil Murphy is the target of much criticism for his what these legislators in the press release below call…

2 years ago

Ocean Township High School Has a Database That Tells Staff Whether Parents Should Be Informed of Student Gender Identity

This is an email from a staff member at Ocean Township High School which was flagged by Robert Pondiscio, a…

2 years ago

BREAKING: CDC Adds Covid-19 To Childhood Immunization Schedule; NJ School Mandate Unlikely

Today the a committee of the Centers for Disease Control voted unanimously to add Covid-19 vaccines to the U.S. childhood,…

2 years ago

LILLEY: NJSpotlight Continues to Align Its Education Reporting with NJEA, Its Major Financial Sponsor

The decline of NJSpotlight News as an unbiased news organization continues.  Here are two recent examples. First, NJ Spotlight covered Monday’s Assembly Education Committee…

2 years ago

Paterson Mayor Urges Resolution to Negotiations Impasse Between Teachers and School Board

Earlier this month parents, teachers and students gathered together to protest the Paterson Board of Education's failure to come up…

2 years ago

What REALLY Happened At Monday’s Statehouse Hearing on Learning Loss and Testing? Not What You Think.

I've always been a fan of NJ Spotlight, the online news platform founded by John Mooney in 2009, and, in…

2 years ago

O’Scanlon Urges Murphy to Drop Plan to Replace School-Based Youth Services Program

Senator Declan O’Scanlon urged Governor Phil Murphy to drop his plan to replace the popular School Based Youth Services Program.…

2 years ago

LILLEY: In Lacey and Ocean Districts, NJEA Pits Teachers Against Parents

We now have on-the-ground confirmation about the tactics and reach of the NJEA’s well-funded, statewide campaign against parents who dare…

2 years ago