Covid-19

JerseyCAN–Once Again–Fills the Vacuum Left By Murphy Administration’s Education Department

Yesterday the Star-Ledger published a long interview with Patricia Morgan, executive director of the education policy watchdog group JerseyCAN and…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Fordham’s New Report Nails the Correlation Between Charter School Growth and General Student Success

Today Fordham Institute released a new report, "Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level," a…

3 years ago

If You’re A Rich White Kid in NJ, Don’t Sweat Over Midterm Exams

There’s an emerging trend among New Jersey high schools: administrators are either canceling midterm exams or diluting their consequences in…

3 years ago

New Report Tells Us To Do the Math in January 2022

Everyone from President Joe Biden to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to AFT President Randi Weingarten has championed the cause…

3 years ago

JAMES: Anxiety Is Real In Newark As Superintendent León Fails the Leadership Test

As a housing developer and a community activist, I have a lot of reasons to walk around our city.  It…

3 years ago

Are We Almost Through With Masks in Schools? Maybe, Says Murphy

Yesterday during an interview on PIX11's morning news program, Gov. Phil Murphy said he expects to lift the in-school mask…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Murphy Is Rigid on Remote Instruction But Parents Rally For Change

Back in September Governor Murphy announced that all students would be back in school full-time, in-person and that parents “will…

3 years ago

Lakewood Municipal Gov’t Is Using COVID Emergency Funds To Reimburse Parents for Yeshiva Tuition. Is This Kosher?

Here's a creative use of federal emergency funds intended to address learning loss suffered by low-income students during pandemic-induced school…

3 years ago

New Newark Poll: Voters Strongly Support Charters But Many Think Education in Newark Is On the ‘Wrong Track’

Every year for the past three years New Jersey Children’s Foundation* has commissioned the progressive polling firm Change Research to…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Murphy Extends School Mask Mandate For 30 Days

One hour ago Gov. Phil Murphy reinstated a Public Health Emergency "to ensure that the State is able to respond…

3 years ago