Covid-19

Paula White, Education Policy Expert and NJ Mom, Will Run Statewide Education Advocacy Organization

JerseyCAN, the only statewide advocacy organization in New Jersey committed to ensuring access to high-quality public schools for every child…

2 years ago

LILLEY: Learning Loss Is Real, but Our Governor Is AWOL

“Where is Gov. Murphy?” asks the Star-Ledger editorial board, noting that our governor is essentially AWOL when it comes to addressing learning…

2 years ago

NJ Policy Perspective: Black Students Have Less Access to Mental Health Staff Than Ever While White/Asian Students Have More

Despite heightened focus on mental health for students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black students actually have less…

2 years ago

JEFFERSON: Newark Parents, Fed Up With District Schools and Phil Murphy, Demand Educational Change

Reverend David Jefferson, Sr. Esq is the senior pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, the largest Congregation in the City…

2 years ago

What Do We REALLY Think About Sex Ed? New Survey Sheds Light on Controversial Issues in Schools

Populace, a think tank that "blends research with grassroots advocacy," just issued the results of a national quantitative survey about…

2 years ago

MCKENNA: Pandemic School Closures Erased Student Progress and Heightened Inequities. What Do We Do Now?

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her at www.lauramckenna.com. This was originally published at…

2 years ago

Just-Released National Test Scores Show How School Closures Decimated Student Learning Over Last Two Years

Today the National Assessment for Educational Progress, or NAEP, released test scores for fourth-graders, mostly nine years old, and they…

2 years ago

Ahead of Murphy’s Trip to White House, Oroho Offers Four Tips for Ending NJ’s Teacher Shortage

(This is a press release.) With Governor Phil Murphy set to visit the White House to brainstorm ending the teacher shortage with…

2 years ago

NYE: Medically-Fragile New Jersey Students Deserve a Permanent Virtual Learning Option

Deanna Nye is the founder of NJ Parents for Virtual Choice, a group of parents and community members who support…

2 years ago

New Survey: Four Out of Five Parents Want To Expand Charters. Are You Listening, Gov. Murphy?

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools just released new survey data from The Harris Poll on parents’ views on…

2 years ago