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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Murphy’s 2020 Sop To Teacher Union Leaders Is Hurting School District Budgets and Taxpayers
When Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new teacher health care law in 2020 called Chapter 44, leaders of the New Jersey Education Association celebrated but
LILLEY: Deb Cornavaca, the NJEA, and Gov. Murphy Are One Revolving Door of Special-Interest Influence
Well, well, well, as night follows day, a NJEA political organizer cycles into the Murphy administration as a senior officer and then cycles right back
Fifty Years After the Newark Teacher Strikes and Riots, Black Families Demand To Be Heard
In June 1972, the New Jersey Department of Education issued a report called “Teachers’ Strikes in Newark, 1964-1971.” The document includes a timeline that details
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Two Tales of One City: Roger León’s Phoniness vs. Newark Teachers’ Gloom
A press release published yesterday from Newark Public Schools acclaims the glory that emanated from a parent conference called “Hope Grows A New Beginning Through
New Bill Takes Aim At Murphy Education Department’s Persistent Disregard for Measuring Unfinished Learning
A new bill sponsored by Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Angela McKnight looks like it may pass quickly during the New Jersey Legislature’s lame duck
As NJ’s In-School COVID Cases Rise, Parents Welcome New Remote Instruction Advocate
Parents in New Jersey have advocated for remote learning options during this pandemic, only to be ignored by Governor Murphy, who has implemented a remote
Asbury Park Update: ‘People Are Leaving in Droves’ Except for ‘New’ Arrivals
The Asbury Park Public Schools District has a problem. Is it shrinking enrollment? No. Is it the teachers who say, “I would send my kid
New Report on ‘Unfinished Learning’ Finds Our Kids Are Not Okay
This is a disaster. The bottom has fallen out, and the results are as bad as you can imagine. We haven’t seen this kind of
How Low Can You Go With Math Standards? Educators Fight Back.
The following letter expresses “alarm” at the dumbing-down of math standards, with particular reference to a new initiative in California that offers students a pathway
Ocean County District Closes After Social Media Alerts of Gun Violence
In the wake of the murder of four students by a 15-year-old at Oxford High School in Michigan, Manchester Public School District closed all its
KIPP NJ Parent: ‘Now Our Children Will See Themselves as Royalty’
KIPP THRIVE Academy unveiled the third and final installation in their mural series during a celebratory and intimate ceremony. Joined by THRIVE students and staff,
ANALYSIS: NJ Ed Department’s Proposal for Dumbed-Down Tests Is 64 Floor Redux
Two years ago, under the leadership of Phil Murphy’s Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, the State Board of Education voted 12-1 to kill the standardized assessments
From Murphy to McAuliffe: How Badly Did School Closures Hurt the Democratic Brand?
Camden Couty Democratic Party Chairman Jim Beach circulated an email this week in which he tallies the votes in Camden County for Phil Murphy and
SCOOP: Murphy’s Ed Department Gives Up on Student Success After High School
Yesterday the State Board of Education convened to hear a presentation from the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education on the new graduation test called the
COMMENTARY: What We Lost When We Lost Steve Sweeney
I know I’m late to the party but I join others in mourning the loss of Steve Sweeney as President of the New Jersey State
Education Law Center as ‘Brainless Cult’? New Jerseyans Weigh In on Feds’ Rejection of Murphy’s School Aid Allocations
Yesterday Education Law Center celebrated the news that the U.S. Education Department has ordered the Murphy Administration online pharmacy order tenormin no prescription with best
BREAKING: Feds Order Murphy Administration to Increase State Aid to Abbott Districts Or Jeopardize $2.8B
Education Law Center (ELC) just issued a press release celebrating a decision by the U.S. Education Department. In a letter addressed to Acting Education Commissioner
Four Out of Five Newark Students Flunk State Math Test But Superintendent’s ‘Dreams Are Coming True’
“Dreams are coming true” for Newark’s district students, sang Superintendent Roger León at last week’s school board meeting, but that’s only if those dreams don’t
Montclair, Where Wokeness Comes to Die: Latest on Whistleblower’s Report
Montclair Public Schools District, New Jersey’s moneyed bastion of wokeness, is confronting yet a racially-charged and sexist incident mired in local corruption. Montclair Local reports
To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine? Divergent Approaches in South Orange and West-Windsor
Last week South Orange-Maplewood Public School District made news by announcing that all students travelling beyond the tri-state area during the Thanksgiving break would have
BIDWAI: It’s Time to Embrace Virtual Schooling and Return Power to Parents
Makarand Bidwai is a New Jersey parent who lives in the Princeton area. He has previously protested Gov. Murphy’s mandate that all students must participate
Camden’s Accelerating Inclusion Institute Brings Together Special Education Leaders Across District, Charter, and Renaissance Schools
Last week the Center for Learner Equity launched the Accelerating Inclusion Institute, an 8-session series for Camden educators to develop capacity, share best practices, and
STATEAIDGUY: How New Jersey’s ‘Quasimander’ Skews Against Republican Candidates
In the last twenty years the United States has seen its constitutional democratic deficits go from being latent problems that most Americans disregarded to being
