Lakewood Quietly Passes Sex Ed ‘Opt-In Only’ Policy

While some New Jersey parents, school boards, and politicians have loudly denounced the new Health and Physical Education Standards issued…

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

Play (Foot)Ball! Or, Miracle in Asbury Park

Last Friday Asbury Park Superintendent Rashawn Adams announced the varsity football team, the Blue Bishops, would forfeit their first game…

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

Governor Murphy and DOE Announce Over $26 Million to Expand High-Quality Preschool in 27 School Districts

Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) announced yesterday that 27 school districts will receive Preschool…

2 years ago

LILLEY: Teacher Shortage? Old News to Union Chiefs Who Just Ignore What Young Educators Want

Why is there a teacher shortage? It turns out the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), knew…

2 years ago

STOP-WORK Order Signs Posted At Proposed Site of New Newark High School While District Stays Mum

In Newark's East Ward at the construction site of the new district High School of Architecture & Interior Design, officials…

2 years ago

New Jersey Education Report Launches NJER TV!

The only News Platform in New Jersey Completely Dedicated to Education Reporting Adds In-Depth Video Coverage  As students across the…

2 years ago

ANALYSIS: How Two Asbury Park School Board Members–and the Superintendent– Ended Up Facing Ethics Charges

Sometimes a small incident serves as an emblem of greater rot, the way a seemingly harmless mole turns out to…

2 years ago

NJ Policy Perspective: Black Students Have Less Access to Mental Health Staff Than Ever While White/Asian Students Have More

Despite heightened focus on mental health for students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black students actually have less…

2 years ago