Paul O’Neill is co-founder and senior fellow of the Center for Learner Equity. New Jersey’s rules are clear – remote learning is over. Convinced that in-person
Montclair Superintendent Jonathan Ponds has requested that families, caregivers, and district staff, regardless of vaccination status, delay all unavoidable travel. In a letter to the
Julie Mower is Executive Director of The Phoenix Center, an accredited non-profit, private school that serves nearly 140 students ages 5-21 with autism, multiple disabilities, behavioral
At Tuesday night’s debate, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Jack Ciattarelli doubled down on his belief that the government has no right to force anyone to wear
In New Jersey-and elsewhere–students with disabilities are an afterthought during pandemic schooling. Take 14-year-old Maryah Santos of Newark, whose cognitive impairments make it difficult for
Last week, by a vote of 6-3, the Bridgewater-Raritan School Board approved a resolution telling Gov. Phil Murphy to have the state Department of Education
Politico’s Carly Sitrin has a piece today on the frantic search for school bus drivers in New Jersey. In the course of interviewing multiple parents
In June 2020 Newark Superintendent Roger León announced that “99.8% of Newark students were present for each day of remote learning,” even though 20% were
Major media is ablaze with dire predictions about imminent teacher shortages due to pandemic stress and burn-out. Certainly, teachers have had a rough time juggling
A new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) finds that enrollment in district public schools dropped 3% from school years 2019-2020