Are You Listening, Newark? Biden Administration Announces Initiative to Combat Student Learning Loss

 Two and a half months ago news leaked out that Newark Public Schools District, under the leadership of Superintendent Roger…

2 years ago

JerseyCAN Touts Murphy’s Budget Line For High-Dosage Tutoring to Combat COVID Learning Loss

(This is a press release.) On Friday Governor Murphy signed the State’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget into law.  Included in…

2 years ago

New Poll: NJ Parents Worry About Mass Shootings at Schools & Support Gov. Murphy’s Proposed Gun Safety Measures

In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a new poll commissioned by Newark-based non-profit Project…

2 years ago

Here’s What You Need To Know About School Spending in Murphy’s New Budget

Today the New Jersey State Legislature will approve Gov. Phil Murphy’s $50.6 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins…

2 years ago

Murphy’s Education Department to Families ‘Ripped Out of the Schools They Love’: Let Them Eat Cake

Who is left holding the bag? Black and Latino families who get ripped out of the schools that they love.…

2 years ago

LILLEY: New Jersey, Listen Up–This Is Why We Have a Teacher Shortage

New Jersey school administrators sound the alarm about teacher shortages. The U.S. Department of Education says New Jersey has a…

2 years ago

THORBES: A Call For A Change: Broadening The Mission of New Jersey Charter Schools

Cedric Thorbes is a proud graduate of Morehouse College and most recently a 2021-2022 JerseyCAN New Jersey Teacher Leader Policy…

2 years ago

Murphy Administration’s Attack on This Newark Charter ‘Hurts and Disrespects Black and Latino Families’

Since 2006, Newark's University Heights Charter School (UHCS) has served the community with support from Bethany Baptist Church, one of…

2 years ago

JerseyCAN Celebrates Its First Graduating Class of NJ Teacher Leader Policy Fellows!

(This is a press release.) In a graduation ceremony earlier this month, JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high-quality schools for…

2 years ago

A Special Education Teacher Finds the ‘Silver Lining’ to COVID

Julie Mower is Executive Director of The Phoenix Center in Nutley, NJ. Ashley Agresti began her career at The Phoenix…

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