Covid-19

National Alliance Statement on 2020 Election Results: Listen to Parents!

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools just released the following statement on the 2020 election results: While the results…

4 years ago

Q&A: Chris Cerf on Fighting COVID Learning Loss With Great Teaching

Last March schools across the country closed and typical live instruction morphed into erratic meetings on Zoom. Many of us…

4 years ago

NJ Ed Department Lacks “Sense of Urgency” So Legislators Get Creative.

I’ve been clear — I’m hugely disappointed with the outcomes of the Department of Education. I’m sure they are trying…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Lowering Standards Appears to Be Contagious, Too. I’m Looking at You, New York City.

CASES SPIKE IN NEW YORK CITY There’s another virus spreading in the tri-state area and, while not fatal, it is…

4 years ago

Murphy Gets High Grades for Managing COVID Contagion So Why Is He Flunking COVID Schooling?

We as a state, for whatever reason, erred on the side of less guidance for schools when more guidance was…

4 years ago

New Report From School Boards Association: It’s Time for the State Education Department to Do Its Job.

Today the New Jersey School Boards Association released the third in a series of reports on how the coronavirus is…

4 years ago

Just How Safe Is Your Child’s School Bus?

Did you know that this is National School Bus Safety Week? To give this important week its full due, here…

4 years ago

Experts Confirm Newark Is Another Victim of NJ’s Terrible Plan for School Reopenings

As reported by Chalkbeat yesterday: The Newark school system is preparing for students to return to classrooms part time beginning…

4 years ago

Montclair Students With Autism Started in-Person School on Friday. One Glitch: Teachers Didn’t Show Up.

This past Friday, 30 Montclair Public School District students arrived at school for their first day of live instruction. These…

4 years ago

It’s ‘Unconscionable’ That Special Education Is an Afterthought in School District Plans

The Center for Reinventing Public Education's Executive Director Robin Lake and Research Analyst Lanya McKittrick wrote this analysis, which first…

4 years ago