Newark Superintendent Is Advising School Board Members to Lie to the State
Just when you think Newark Public Schools District can’t get any more dysfunctional, another perversion pops up. Example: today Chalkbeat reports that during October’s board
2022 Mid-Terms: Winners Listened to 81% of Parents Who Support School Choice
This is a press release from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Education played a significant role in the 2022 election cycle in America—and
Top New Jersey Officials Demand More Honesty and Less Vomit From Murphy’s Education Department As Student Proficiency Plummets
When someone stands up and says New Jersey schools are #1 I have an immediate reaction to vomit because I know that’s not true. That’s
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LILLEY: NJSpotlight Continues to Align Its Education Reporting with NJEA, Its Major Financial Sponsor
The decline of NJSpotlight News as an unbiased news organization continues. Here are two recent examples. First, NJ Spotlight covered Monday’s Assembly Education Committee hearings on learning loss caused
What REALLY Happened At Monday’s Statehouse Hearing on Learning Loss and Testing? Not What You Think.
I’ve always been a fan of NJ Spotlight, the online news platform founded by John Mooney in 2009, and, in part, it’s personal: when I
BOUIE & EDWARDS: Just Say NO to an Elected Trenton School Board!
Gene Bouie and Austin Edwards are members of the Trenton Board of Education. This article is not authorized by the Trenton School Board; we write
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Asbury Park School Board President Issues a Fat ‘F**k Yourself’ As Staff Members Flee or Face the Axe
What is that image below? It’s a Facebook post from Carritta Cook, the President of the Asbury Park Board of Education. As such, it’s not
Sen. Pennacchio Blasts Murphy’s Department of Education For Escalating Threats About Sex Ed Standards
Senator Joe Pennacchio blasted the Murphy administration’s escalating threats to school districts that refuse to implement controversial new sex education standards imposed by the State
The Source of Learning Loss Is a Rigid, Inequitable System That Puts Adults First; Next Steps
The Center for Reinventing Education (CRPE) is the go-to resource for K-12 education since the onset of the pandemic, collecting data and issuing analyses on
Want to Stem the Teacher Shortage? Start Trusting Our Great Educators
Michael Gottesman is a retired New Jersey attorney and the founder of the “New Jersey Coalition for Protection of Public Education,” a non-partisan organization designed
New Jersey Residents Overwhelmingly Support the New Health and Sexual Education Standards—But Not For Elementary School Students
As New Jersey’s new health and sexual education standards take effect, large majorities of Garden State residents are in favor of such content being taught
NJ Ed Department Says It’s Serious About Punishing Districts That Don’t Adhere to New Sex Ed Standards
Back in July, the New Jersey Department of Education announced that school districts that don’t adhere to the new Sexual Health and Physical Education learning
MATRISCIANO: Newark Public Schools Has a Great Strategic Plan That Won’t Work— Unless We Make These Five Changes
Vince Matrisciano is a Project Management Engineer who worked for the Department of Defense for over 30 years, managing complex projects, large groups of people,
Half of NJ School Districts Will See 15% Healthcare Premium Hikes—Which Will Be Paid For By Taxpayers and Kids
Yesterday New Jersey’s School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission voted 5-1 to increase rates about 15% for the 2023 calendar year for those enrolled in the
Young Boy With Down Syndrome Abused by School District, Parents Claim
Two years ago a young boy, who has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome, epilepsy, asthma, post-traumatic stress disorder, hearing loss and several other serious medical
JerseyCAN Launches NJ Teacher Leader Policy and Parent Champion Fellowships
As Students Head Back to School, Parents and Teachers are Gearing Up for Another Year of Strong Advocacy In an effort to mobilize, empower, and
NJEA Goes KGB On The New Sex Education Standards and Grooms Its Own Candidates
Twitter is no fair representative of public sentiment but my feed is suddenly clogged by New Jersey residents appalled by news that the New Jersey
Ocean City Parent: We Embrace LGBTQ Students But Not Our ‘Hyper-Sexualized’ Schools
Editor’s Note: On Friday NJ Education Report published a petition that calls for Ocean City Public Schools to embrace the LGBTQ community, charging that those
GOODMAN: With College Tuition Sky-High and Teachers Scarce, We Need To Change the Way Schools Are Accredited
Robert Goodman is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning and a former NJ Teacher of the Year. This first
Lakewood Macher Sends Out Email Defending Private Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Schools In Backlash To New York Times
On Sunday the New York Times published an article called, “In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money.” The gist of the story
Ocean City Advocates Come Together To Rally, ‘Queer Kids Belong Here!’
This is a petition, currently with more than 4,000 signatures, that calls upon Ocean City Public Schools to welcome LGBTQ+ students, especially in light of
Citing Local Teacher Shortage, Paterson Will Get $7,500 Signing Bonuses to New Hires
Due to a teaching shortage of 135 teachers n New Jersey’s fourth largest school district—ten more than there were on September 1st- Wednesday evening the
NJER-TV VIDEO: JerseyCAN’s Paula White Explains Why We Can’t Settle For ‘Feel-Good Decisions’ Amid a Learning Crisis
Today NJER-TV presents the second of a two-part video series where NJ Education Report Editor Laura Waters interviews JerseyCAN Executive Director Paula White. In the
US Education Secretary Will Visit Camden High School Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 16, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will wrap up the Road to Success Back to School Bus Tour in New Jersey.
Murphy Administration Announces the Return of Jersey City Public Schools to Full Local Control
Editor’s Note: This is a press release from the Governor’s Office. Carly Sitrin of Politico NJ notes (in an article behind a paywall), “On its
NJER-TV VIDEO: Paula White On How Education Politics Can Disrupt What’s Best for Students and Families
Today NJER TV unveils the first of two videos in which I interview Paula White, the new Executive Director of JerseyCAN. In this first video
