‘This Curriculum Makes Me Sick’: NJ Parents React to New Sexual Health Standards

In 2020 the New Jersey State Board of Education approved new content for teaching students about health and sexual education;…

3 years ago

O’NEILL: Camden Partners–Charter and District–Work Together To Improve Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

Paul O’Neill is the Co-founder and Senior Fellow at the Center for Learner Equity. He comes to this work as…

3 years ago

Hoboken Dual Language Charter School Is first Middle School in NJ to earn College Board Approval as AP Spanish Program

Students at Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (“HoLa”) are about to become the state's first middle schoolers to sit for…

3 years ago

SCOOP: NJ Education Department Abruptly Fires Only Latina Executive Superintendent For ‘Political’ Reasons

This past Friday Yasmin Hernández, one of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Executive Superintendents who oversee multiple districts, received…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Two Percent of Newark 4th-Graders Will Meet Expectations in Math. Do We Blame Covid or Newark Leaders?

Last week news broke that 98% of Newark fourth-graders are not expected to meet state expectations in math this spring.…

3 years ago

LILLEY: NJEA Leaders Are Trying To Pretend COVID Learning Loss Didn’t Happen and That’s Hurting Kids

In an article entitled “In-Person Classes Boost Test Scores,” the Wall Street Journal reports that American students are scoring lower on reading and…

3 years ago

PARK & LEE: Charter Schools Can Be a Remedy for NJ’s Segregated School System–If We Get This Right

Sonia C. Park is the executive director of the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition. Harry Lee is the president and CEO of…

3 years ago

Whistleblowers from Murphy’s Education Department Say Their Leaders Are Clueless

This piece was submitted by a group of NJ Department of Education staff members who wish to remain anonymous. They…

3 years ago

Five Wall Township Football Players Accused of Hazing and Harassment Accept Plea Bargains

Among the seven Wall High School football players accused of bullying and hazing younger students in the boy's locker room,…

3 years ago

JAMES: Murphy Has Put Our Children’s Educational Futures at Risk and We’re Fed Up

Most recently, in "Murphy Just Put a Ceiling on my Daughter's Future," I wrote about the developing educational crisis here…

3 years ago