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 Newsletter, Apt. 11D. When the
Over the last two years as schools have responded to COVID-19 disruptions, parents, grandparents, and guardians have had a never-seen-before look at what happens in
Here’s Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León at last week’s School Board meeting: “As it relates to bomb threats, if there would have been one
(This is a press release.) Today, Congressman Jefferson Van Drew announced that he is drafting the “Stronger Schools Act” which will ensure that our children
Yesterday the Camden Education Fund announced the winners of the 2022 RISE Teaching Award, a citywide distinction honoring outstanding teachers across Camden’s public schools. Six
In a no-holds-barred op-ed today, Newark history teacher Yvette Jordan explains why Newark district high school students have “have unconsciously initiated a general strike” due
JerseyCAN, the state nonprofit focused on advocating for high quality schools for all New Jersey students, released today Winter 2021-22 i-Ready data, which highlights academic
Jeff Deminski is a talk show host on 101.5 where this first appeared. Some are calling it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill New Jersey edition.
The new Rutgers paper, “Digital Divide, Critical and Crisis-Informatics Perspectives on K-12 Emergency Remote Teaching During the Pandemic,” is a valuable (if jargony) overview of
In April 2018, two months before the U.S. Supreme Court released its Janus v. AFSCME ruling that said mandatory union dues were a violation of