Newark Superintendent Puts Taxpayers on the Hook for Paying Millions to Private Investing Group

Tom Wiedmann is on a roll: today Tapinto Newark published his third installment (with co-writer Mark Bonamo) of a series…

2 years ago

Newark Leaders Are Poor Role Models For Low-Income Students

https://twitter.com/KyleRosenkrans/status/1559140644542681088 That's the gist of what's going on in Newark. With the support of Superintendent Roger Leon, Mayor Ras Baraka,…

2 years ago

Trenton Schools, Teachers Union, and NJEA Press Court to Save Jobs and Programs from Wrath of City Council President

Trenton Public Schools District now has company as it tries to repair the damage from City Council President Kathy McBride's…

2 years ago

DURR: Despite What NJEA Says, Parents Not ‘Extremists’ for Expressing Concerns About Sex Education Mandates

This is a press release. Senator Ed Durr responded to an advertisement from the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) that…

2 years ago

Amidst COVID, American Perceptions of School Quality Drops, Support for School Choice Grows, and Partisanship Reigns

Today EducationNext released the results of a survey that examines the impact of the pandemic on Americans' views of public…

2 years ago

Everyone Wants To Eliminate This Teacher Test But Murphy is Mum

A popular, bipartisan bill eliminating a controversial teacher qualifying test called the EdTPA passed the New Jersey State Senate and…

2 years ago

Asbury Park Teacher Resigns Due to Leadership’s Allegations

Last week Asbury Park Public Schools District lost a popular substitute teacher named Gary Salerno, who sent an email to…

2 years ago

Newark City, School District, and Building Contractor Accused of Violating Fair Labor Practices During School Construction

Politics in Newark is complicated but New Jersey’s largest city has this going for it: school and municipal leaders are…

2 years ago

Formal Statement from Murphy On Cancellation of COVID Testing Mandate

 Following recent updates to COVID-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in advance of the upcoming school year,…

2 years ago

Murphy Will End Weekly Testing in Schools for Unvaccinated Staff

Update: Gov. Murphy just issued the Executive Order. Full text here. In accord with the Centers for Disease Control's new…

2 years ago