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: According to Pew, NJ’s Pensions Are in Dire Shape But Murphy Just Bows to Union Pals
The title of NJSpotlight’s recent article on New Jersey’s pensions,”Public pension funds in better shape, study says,” conveys an overly optimistic message. The body of
Jersey Man Calls On Public To Join Act of Civil Disobedience to Protest Murphy’s In-School Mandates
Makarand Bidwai, a parent in the Princeton area, in this petition addressed to Gov. Phil Murphy, Acting Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan, and cc’d
A Full COVID-19 Recovery Tomorrow Means Investing in Our Kids Today
Graig Weiss is the Chief Executive Officer of Foundation Academies, a high-performing charter school network in Trenton. For the last year and half, we have
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With A Second COVID Wave Coming, KIPPNJ Will Remain All-Remote Until January.
Chalkbeat , a nonprofit news organization covering public education, originally published this post as “KIPP New Jersey students will learn remotely until January after network
Split Screen of SDA/DOE: Nepotism In the Soprano State.
There’s been lots of chatter about news that the Governor’s Office — not Murphy necessarily but, as NJ Spotlight puts it, “top members of Gov.
Lilley: If NJ Teachers Want a Solvent Pension System, They Must Demand Change.
The Star-Ledger reports that NJ’s pension investments earned 1.2% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. This is far below the 7.5% assumed return and given that NJ
I Thought Vouchers Were Wrong, But Now I Realize They Helped My Son
Recently I wrote that a residency hearing with two children, Kayla and Tasha, represented to me our deeply-embedded structural inequities in education that decades of
NJ Children’s Foundation Announces New Initiative To Measure Impact of Digital Divide & Covid Slide On Children and Families.
The New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting a fact-based discussion about education, today announced a significant new investment to measure the
AEI: Remote Instruction During the Spring Was “Too Little, Too Late.”
Nat Malkkus of the American Enterprise Institute has a new brief called “Too Little, Too Late: A Hard Look at Spring 2020 Remote Learning.” His
Newark Superintendent Threatened To Sue Me For Speaking Out. He Should Focus On Our Kids, Not Me.
Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each day of remote learning from
Middletown Parent: Teacher’s #BlackLivesMatter Sign Was Censored But Not a MAGA Flag?
This is a letter from David Cohen, a Middletown High School parent, in response to the school board’s decision to remove “politically charged images” put
“Take Your Masks and Shove It”: Lakewood Ultra-Orthodox Community Reacts To “Deeply Concerning” Covid Cases in Ocean County
Currently Lakewood is New Jersey’s hot spot for coronoavirus infections. There are two reasons: 1) there is a lack of social-distancing and/or mask-wearing during the
NJ Public Charter Association Welcomes New Director of Government Affairs
Today, Harry Lee, President and CEO of the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA), announced that Theodore (T.J.) Best will join the Association as
Lakewood Lawyer Tells Reporter Re: District Going Remote, God and the Governor Will Decide.
As Lakewood posts a 27% positivity rate on COVID-19 tests, Advance Media’s Kelly Heyboer sent an email to Lakewood school board attorney Michael Inzelbuch asking
You Can Hate Trump And Support School Choice
Every time Donald Trump says, “school choice is the civil rights issue of our time,” I cringe. It’s hard to think of a more debauched
Did Murphy and NJEA’s Excellent Adventure Hit a Pothole?
Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy celebrated his victory — signing a Legislature-approved nine-month budget of $32.7 billion that includes his millionaire’s tax and a $4.5 billion
NJ Education Department Announces Free Student Assessments in Reading, Math, and Science
This is a release from the New Jersey Department of Education. The Office of Assessments is pleased to announce that the suite of Start Strong snapshot
Newark’s Oscar James: It’s “Business as Usual” For District Superintendent And I Can’t Sleep at Night.
I want to talk about one of the many reasons I started Newark Neighborhood View and one of the many reasons I can’t sleep at
Covert Collective Action? One-Third of Princeton Teachers Request Leaves of Absence.
For a completely different vibe than Lakewood on school reopenings (see previous post), let’s turn to Princeton Regional Public Schools. There, rumor has it that
Two Brave Lakewood Teachers Fight To Stay Out of School Until They Test Negative for Covid-19.
I am in the room all day and it is a lack of concern for the teachers and the students. We are packed in there
We Must Vote for the Candidates Who Will Implement the Right Policies for Our Kids
I first met Shennell McCloud when she was Director of Recruitment, and then as Director of Advocacy for KIPP New Jersey, a charter school network
After a Decade of Opposing Voucher Programs, I’m Wondering If I Was Wrong
This is the first in a series of three pieces on my changing views of publicly-funded vouchers to parochial and private schools. The second is
Murphy Negotiates a Budget While His NJEA-Sponsored PAC Plays Ball
New Directions New Jersey, the PAC that promotes Gov. Phil Murphy’s agenda, just made a big ad buy of $1.25 million, according to NJ Globe.
