Lakewood Update: HOW much Per Student?
Laura Waters
June 27, 2018
Tonight the Lakewood Board of Education has a public meeting. Board agendas are typically unrevealing — you get to see the action items to be
Does the State Have the Courage To Take Over Lakewood Public Schools?
Guest Contributor
June 15, 2018
Jonathan Shutman,Ed.D., is a retired school principal and administrator who has worked in the Marlboro, North Brunswick, and Montclair public school districts. He is presently
It’s Time for An Intervention in Lakewood
Laura Waters
June 13, 2018
Here’s the aspiring interventionist, Deputy Assistant Education Commissioner Glenn Forney, doing the hard work of setting boundaries for the Lakewood Board of Education, specifically regarding its
Are the Project Veritas/NJEA Videos an Anomaly or the Canary in the Coal Mine?
Laura Waters
June 8, 2018
Last week at the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey legislators moved far beyond the usual debates about our education system. Instead of quotidian discussions on
Karp the PARCC-Slayer
Laura Waters
June 5, 2018
Stan Karp, Director of of Secondary Reform for New Jersey’s Education Law Center, had an op-ed in NJ Spotlight on Friday that was rife with errors.
Five Take-Aways from Lakewood’s Most Recent School Board Meeting
Laura Waters
May 17, 2018
As a public service, I just watched last week’s two and a half-hour meeting of the Lakewood School Board that, once again, was run by
Breaking News: State “Loans” Lakewood $28 Million
Laura Waters
May 8, 2018
Late yesterday the Asbury Park Press reported that the state would accede to the request by the Lakewood Board of Education and board attorney Michael
Sweeney, Ruiz & Madden Announce Committee Hearings on Troubling Videos of Teachers Union Officials
Laura Waters
May 7, 2018
A quick response from New Jersey legislative leaders (see here for context): TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Education Committee Chairwoman M. Teresa Ruiz and
Two Teacher Union Presidents, Per These Videos, Excuse the Inexcusable
Laura Waters
May 7, 2018
The following is a letter sent by Patricia Morgan of JerseyCAN and Shelley Skinner of Better Education for Kids to Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), Chair
“You Broke Our Dreams.” Latina Mom “Talks the Truth” to Lakewood’s School Board and Lawyer
Laura Waters
May 4, 2018
“You promised to help my community but that’s not the truth,” said Alejandra Morales of the advocacy group La Voz Latina to the Lakewood Board