Black Students

Another Chapter in the South Orange-Maplewood Hijab Saga as Family Sues the District

It’s hard to keep track of the South Orange-Maplewood hijab incident. Last October 6th, Seth Boyden Elementary School second-grade teacher…

3 years ago

EL-MEKKI: Recruiting Black Teachers Into A Burning Schoolhouse Won’t Help To Retain Them

Sharif El-Mekki is the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. He is a former principal of…

3 years ago

PETRILLI, GRIFFITH, ROSENKRANS: Gov. Murphy, Listen To the Evidence and Let Newark Charters Expand

Michael J. Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. David Griffith is the institute’s associate director for…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Forget About the ‘Math Wars’ and Look at Corey and Kyela

Let’s start with a history lesson: in 1882, before computers, software engineering, and artificial intelligence were even a glint in…

3 years ago

JAMES: Murphy Has Put Our Children’s Educational Futures at Risk and We’re Fed Up

Most recently, in "Murphy Just Put a Ceiling on my Daughter's Future," I wrote about the developing educational crisis here…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Is Biden Really Trying To ‘Yank Students Out of Schools Their Parents Chose’? So Murphy.

The Biden Administration just released new rules for applicants to the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP), which is supposed to help…

3 years ago

‘Do Something About It!’ Outraged Parents and Students Denounce District’s Racist Culture at School Board Meeting

According to parents and students, racism is alive and well at Central Regional School DIstrict in Ocean County where 70%…

3 years ago

Pleasantville Teacher Is Caught On Video Using Racist Language

'Quiet,' an adult voice can be heard saying. 'What I said was, ‘Is it OK if I use the word…

3 years ago

How Do New Jersey Schools Rate Through an ‘Equity Lens’? Not As Well As You’d Think.

Education Trust, a nonprofit that works to close opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect students of color and students from low-income…

3 years ago

NJ School Board Member ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ About Racist Commentary

Central Regional School District is a small two-school district in Ocean County serving 2,800 students grades 7-12. Recently this district,…

3 years ago