Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), founder of Parenting Frontier, and
The following is a press release issued yesterday by the U.S. Department of Justice, which announces a settlement between the DOJ and Newark Public Schools.
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,
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
Few education topics get parents, teachers, and school leaders more riled up than discussions about using results from student tests to measure the quality of
It’s 9:10 am and so far my son has eaten breakfast, watched two reruns of “Emeril Live,” played on his iPad, gone on a bike
Today Dale Chu considers the “well-intentioned offer from the federal government” to give states greater flexibility in mandatory state standardized tests in order to allow
This is a letter addressed to President Biden’s nominee for U.S. education secretary, Dr. Miguel Cardona, and signed by major civil rights, social justice, disability
Tanesha Peeples is the Deputy Director for Activist Development at brightbeam. This post forst appeared on Education Post, one of brightbeam’s national blogs.. Y’all know
Last week the New Jersey State Senator passed a bill, S-3214, mandating that Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillen “require each school district to submit data on