New Report on ‘Unfinished Learning’ Finds Our Kids Are Not Okay
Laura Waters
December 7, 2021
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
Q and A: You Won’t Retain Black Teachers Without Transforming Your School Culture
Laura Waters
October 27, 2021
New Jersey badly lacks teachers of color and the cost is borne by Black and Brown children. If a Black child has even one Black
Local Advocates for Low-Income Students Demand ‘Urgent and Immediate’ Support from School Board
Staff Writer
October 26, 2021
Last Thursday Every Child Valued (ECV), the non-profit that partners with the Lawrence Township Public Schools to improve educational outcomes for low-income children of color
COMMENTARY: Nikole Hannah-Jones Needs a History Lesson on School Choice
Laura Waters
October 14, 2021
Why do “school choice” advocates never advocate eliminating school district boundaries/funding schools by local property tax and allowing poor, Black students to attend white, wealthy
LILLEY: Sorry, Guys: It’s Not ‘Reparations’ If the Extra Money Goes to White Teachers
Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center
October 7, 2021
History has taught me that the New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) duo of Mark “Jersey Jazzman” Weber and Bruce Baker can be relied on for
A Full COVID-19 Recovery Tomorrow Means Investing in Our Kids Today
contributor
September 15, 2021
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
At This Summer Program in Camden, Black Pride and Academic Achievement Go Hand-in-Hand
Laura Waters
July 28, 2021
Erika Asikoye, who grew up in New Jersey, is the Director of the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA) at The Center for Black Educator Development in Philadelphia,
COMMENTARY: From Bridgewater to Newark, Parents Are Demanding Virtual Options. What If We Listened?
Laura Waters
July 27, 2021
In June Gov. Phil Murphy decreed that this September all schools must provide in-person full-time instruction and the days of virtual learning are over. “I
With Newark Homicides Rising, District Equips Mostly-Black Schools with Gunshot Detectors
Staff Writer
July 26, 2021
Newark Public Schools, responding to a doubling of homicides in the city compared to the same time last year, is installing a technology called ShotSpotter
EXPLAINER: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and How It Shows Up in Your Child’s Classroom
Staff Writer
July 8, 2021
WHAT IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY? Critical race theory (sometimes abbreviated to CRT) is an intellectual approach to looking at U.S. society with a belief that racism