There was some dissension yesterday during the New Jersey State Board of Education meeting. Vice President Andy Mulvihill, upon hearing that 37 percent of NJ
Did you know that in New Jersey only 47% of adults read at middle school-level? In Essex, Hudson, and Passaic counties it’s ten points lower.
This is a guest editorial by Rebecca Bodenheimer. It first appeared in The Grade, a media watchdog project dedicated to improving news coverage of education
Last year the Trump Administration allowed states to waive annual standardized testing due to all-remote instruction. This year the Biden Administration cut states a break,
Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit focused on dramatically changing education and life outcomes for underserved children, has been assisting public districts across the country
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
“Districts have serious needs, and this could help them address equity issues worsened by the virus. But as welcome as this money is, the state’s
If you’re a little confused by the “to-wear or not-to-wear” mask discussions, you’re not alone. Last Tuesday Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Morning Joe that
Following Governor Murphy’s announcement that all New Jersey schools will return to full-time, in-person learning in the fall, Newark-based non-profit Project Ready conducted a statewide
This is a letter from Monmouth County district superintendents to Governor Phil Murphy, asking that he reconsider his “confusing, and at times, contradictory guidance regarding