Digital Divide

NJ Children’s Foundation Announces New Initiative To Measure Impact of Digital Divide & Covid Slide On Children and Families.

The New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting a fact-based discussion about education, today announced a significant…

4 years ago

AEI: Remote Instruction During the Spring Was “Too Little, Too Late.”

Nat Malkkus of the American Enterprise Institute has a new brief called "Too Little, Too Late: A Hard Look at…

4 years ago

Newark Superintendent Threatened To Sue Me For Speaking Out. He Should Focus On Our Kids, Not Me.

Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each…

4 years ago

Newark’s Oscar James: It’s “Business as Usual” For District Superintendent And I Can’t Sleep at Night.

I want to talk about one of the many reasons I started Newark Neighborhood View and one of the many…

4 years ago

New Jersey Schools Failed the Remote Learning Test in March. Here Are 3 Ways to Get September Right.

For the last two years I’ve been reporting on the disarray at the New Jersey Department of Education. Suddenly I’m…

4 years ago

Senator Ruiz Reams Out NJ DOE for Lying and Lack of Leadership

A few notes from last Thursday's State Senate Budget Committee hearing, with Interim Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer in…

4 years ago

Why Hasn’t Murphy Replaced the DOE Commissioner?

I’m surely not the first to wonder why Governor Phil Murphy has yet to nominate a Commissioner for the Department…

4 years ago

Murphy’s Staunchest Allies Abandon Ship As School Reopening Plans Crater

It’s a failure at the state level. It is simply inadequate for the state to issue guidance and say, ‘You’re…

4 years ago

Education Law Center: DIGITAL DIVIDE A VIOLATION OF STUDENTS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Education Law Center, which litigated the Abbott v. Burke cases, issued this statement late yesterday, informing Gov. Murphy and the…

4 years ago

15 Million Children Are #LoggedOut Due To Lack of Internet Access. Here’s How You Can Help.

Today education activists and organizations across the country are joining together for a National Day of Action to demand #InternetForAll. Why?…

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