Oh, What a Year It’s Been for School Choice!

2021 has a new moniker: “The Year of School Choice” with 18 states enacting seven new school choice programs and…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Fordham’s New Report Nails the Correlation Between Charter School Growth and General Student Success

Today Fordham Institute released a new report, "Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level," a…

3 years ago

If You’re A Rich White Kid in NJ, Don’t Sweat Over Midterm Exams

There’s an emerging trend among New Jersey high schools: administrators are either canceling midterm exams or diluting their consequences in…

3 years ago

New Report Tells Us To Do the Math in January 2022

Everyone from President Joe Biden to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to AFT President Randi Weingarten has championed the cause…

3 years ago

JAMES: Anxiety Is Real In Newark As Superintendent León Fails the Leadership Test

As a housing developer and a community activist, I have a lot of reasons to walk around our city.  It…

3 years ago

County Declines To Prosecute South Orange-Maplewood Teacher Accused of Anti-Muslim Sentiment

On October 6th, a second-grade teacher at Seth Boyden Elementary School in South Orange-Maplewood Schools District was charged with pulling…

3 years ago

Are We Almost Through With Masks in Schools? Maybe, Says Murphy

Yesterday during an interview on PIX11's morning news program, Gov. Phil Murphy said he expects to lift the in-school mask…

3 years ago

JUST OUT: Senate Education Chair Asks Asbury Park Staff Members To Speak Up–Confidentiality Assured

Below are two emails. The first is from Asbury Park Education Association's president John Napolitani; it went out earlier today…

3 years ago

Help Us Serve Your Education News Needs! Three Minutes of Your Time?

Dear readers, When we launched New Jersey Education Report last February, we didn't know what to expect: Were there enough…

3 years ago

This Mom Is Fighting the History of Corruption in Elizabeth Public Schools

We’ve been marginalized. We don’t matter. We are the leftovers. That’s Maria Lorenz, mother of Juan and Pablo (not their…

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