Yesterday the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee held a hearing on Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $48.9 billion budget and, at least briefly, K-12 education was
Following February’s expansion denials of top-performing public charter schools, hundreds of parents and students, primarily families of color, from New Jersey’s public charter schools will
Twelve days ago, on February 22nd, the Asbury Park Education Association, which represents 375 district teachers and staff, plus three Asbury Park residents, filed a
Amy Ruck Kagan, formerly head of the New Jersey Department of Education Charter School Office,is vice president of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement at the National
You all know I wear a lot of hats. Housing developer. Community activist. Political observer. But by far my most important role is that of
Update: Gov. Murphy just announced that masks will not be required on school buses beginning March 7th and school districts can decide to drop the
Yesterday, at Governor Murphy’s press conference, in response to a reporter question, the Governor noted that he supports “high-quality top performing school[s]” regardless of the
It’s not often that an entire Editorial Board of New Jersey’s paper of record (if the Garden State has such a thing) attacks a Governor
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
Update: Score one up for Politico, one down for North Jersey Media. Today Carly Sitrin reports that Murphy will renominate Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan