MCKENNA: Is Public Education on Life Support?

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her at www.lauramckenna.com. This was originally published at Laura McKenna’s…

2 years ago

VIDEO: As Parents Demand ‘Bold Change’ In Schools, JerseyCAN Steps Up

Over the last two years as schools have responded to COVID-19 disruptions, parents, grandparents, and guardians have had a never-seen-before…

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Newark’s Roger León Is On a Lying Spree: Focus on Bomb Threats

Here's Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León at last week's School Board meeting: “As it relates to bomb threats, if…

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New NJ GOP Bill Would Hire Retired Vets To Protect Schools and Lock All Doors

(This is a press release.) Today, Congressman Jefferson Van Drew announced that he is drafting the "Stronger Schools Act" which…

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Camden Education Fund Celebrates Teacher Excellence With 2022 RISE Awards

Yesterday the Camden Education Fund announced the winners of the 2022 RISE Teaching Award, a citywide distinction honoring outstanding teachers…

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Newark High School Teacher Explains Why Students Are ‘Flagrantly Skipping Class’

In a no-holds-barred op-ed today, Newark history teacher Yvette Jordan explains why Newark district high school students have "have unconsciously…

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With New Data on Learning Loss, JerseyCAN Urges Murphy Administration To Take Action

JerseyCAN, the state nonprofit focused on advocating for high quality schools for all New Jersey students, released today Winter 2021-22…

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DEMINISKI: New Jersey’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Is a Gay Kid’s Worst Nightmare

Jeff Deminski is a talk show host on 101.5 where this first appeared. Some are calling it the "Don’t Say…

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COMMENTARY: Yes, Murphy’s DOE Flunked Remote Learning But Let’s Not Get Carried Away

The new Rutgers paper, “Digital Divide, Critical and Crisis-Informatics Perspectives on K-12 Emergency Remote Teaching During the Pandemic,” is a…

3 years ago

Murphy and Legislators Gave a Gift to NJEA That No One Knows About

In April 2018, two months before the U.S. Supreme Court released its Janus v. AFSCME ruling that said mandatory union…

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