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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GOODMAN: High-Stakes Tests Don’t Help Students Learn. Why Don’t We Try This New Model Instead?
Ten years ago Robert Goodman, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning (NJCTL), wrote a paper exploring a new way
WHITE: For Vanessa, And All Our Vanessas To Come
When bureaucratic shenanigans and red tape play Russian roulette with children’s lives, we all suffer. I was reminded of this by a recent LinkedIn inbox
COMMENTARY: Murphy Treats Low-Income Families as Political Footballs As He Shuts Down Their Best Schools
Late yesterday Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan sent a letter to Newark’s University Heights Charter School that decreed, based on “subjective conclusions reported from one
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JAMES: A Cry For the Students of Malcolm X Shabazz High School
I’m not sure if everyone has been reading their emails or seeing the reports in the news, but if things were not challenging enough, it
BREAKING: Today Murphy Will Announce End of the School Mask Mandate
This afternoon at 1 pm Gov. Phil Murphy will announce that he is ending the in-school mask mandate, effective March 7. The mandate began in
Senate Education Committee Approves Gopal Bill to Reexamine School Funding Formula
To ensure that the school funding formula is meeting the needs of students in every school district, yesterday the Senate Education Committee approved legislation sponsored
Update: Murphy’s Education Department Fought the Board and the Board Won
With apologies to The Clash, yesterday was an embarassing one for Gov. Phil Murphy’s Department of Education. At the public meeting of the State Board
Once Again, These ‘Fiscal Equity’ Lobbyists Futz With Facts To Satisfy a Flawed Premise
Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy Perspective and it’s a doozy.
BREAKING: State School Board Overrules Murphy’s DOE and Says ‘No’ To Lowering Graduation Standards
Today at 12:40 the New Jersey State Board of Education rejected the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education’s recommendation that students will be deemed “high school
MURPHY: In NJ the Law Can Work Against Children With Disabilities; Here’s How Parents Can Gain Control
Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), founder of Parenting Frontier, and
This Is How a Jersey City Public Charter Is Building an Anti-Racist Culture
Felicia Henderson is a first-grade teacher at Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City. She serves as the head of the Social Justice Coordinate and
Elizabeth Update: Superintendent Rejects Parents’ Plea For Son’s Medical Protection
Two weeks ago I wrote about Maria Lorenz of Elizabeth who has two children on the autism spectrum in New Jersey’s third largest school district.
Cumberland County District Will Have Half-Days All Month Due to Lack of Teachers
How badly are New Jersey schools struggling with Covid regulations and staffing? This badly: middle and high school students in Millville Public Schools will have
Asbury Park Union President Files Grievance Against District
Good Morning, Pursuant to my discussion with NJEA attorney Stephen Hunter, as well as NJEA Field Representative Tracie Yostpille, I am reluctantly forwarding my rebuttal
Lakewood Settles Case With Administrator Who Served as a ‘Scapegoat’
The Lakewood Board of Education has settled the case with Helen Tobia, the district’s former supervisor who dealt, among other responsibilities, with non-public school students
JerseyCAN–Once Again–Fills the Vacuum Left By Murphy Administration’s Education Department
Yesterday the Star-Ledger published a long interview with Patricia Morgan, executive director of the education policy watchdog group JerseyCAN and a former assistant commissioner at
Elizabeth Public Schools’ Corruption Now Tied to Two Hitmen and a Jersey City Murder
On Tuesday the New York Times reported that Sean Caddle, 44, of Hamburg, N.J., pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in Newark to conspiracy to
Truly Live From Asbury Park: Leaked Videos Show A School District in Crisis
What’s it like to be a staff member or student in Asbury Park Public schools? Were teachers exaggerating when they commented in a climate survey
Newsflash: Tonight Asbury Park School Board Will Appoint Another Descendent of the ‘Repollet Tree’
Today at its monthly public school board meeting, the Asbury Park Board of Education will approve Dr. LaShawn Gibson as its new Director of Human
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 expanding 21 existing programs. All
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 follow-up to a 2019 study
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 order to assuage student stress.
