Half of NJ School Districts Will See 15% Healthcare Premium Hikes—Which Will Be Paid For By Taxpayers and Kids

Yesterday New Jersey's School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission voted 5-1 to increase rates about 15% for the 2023 calendar year…

2 years ago

Young Boy With Down Syndrome Abused by School District, Parents Claim

Two years ago a young boy, who has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome, epilepsy, asthma, post-traumatic stress disorder, hearing loss…

2 years ago

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

Ocean City Parent: We Embrace LGBTQ Students But Not Our ‘Hyper-Sexualized’ Schools

Editor's Note: On Friday NJ Education Report published a petition that calls for Ocean City Public Schools to embrace the…

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

Lakewood Macher Sends Out Email Defending Private Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Schools In Backlash To New York Times

On Sunday the New York Times published an article called, "In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money."…

2 years ago

Ocean City Advocates Come Together To Rally, ‘Queer Kids Belong Here!’

This is a petition, currently with more than 4,000 signatures, that calls upon Ocean City Public Schools to welcome LGBTQ+…

2 years ago

Citing Local Teacher Shortage, Paterson Will Get $7,500 Signing Bonuses to New Hires

Due to a teaching shortage of 135 teachers n New Jersey's fourth largest school district---ten more than there were on…

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…

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