I’ve had a lot of superintendents, a lot of principals from my area reach out lamenting kind of the lack of guidance they have received
Yesterday I posted a letter (read it here) from the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association to the Democratic National Committee. The 65 signatories express
Dear Governor Murphy, Today you have an op-ed in NJ Spotlight asserting that New Jersey’s education system is a “gem” and one hallmark of that
At brightbeam we talk a lot about the digital divide, a major obstacle to equitably delivering home instruction during this pandemic. New Jersey is no
According to a source who spoke to Advance Media, New Jersey’s nearly 600 school districts will not be able to simply chose to go all-remote,
Yesterday I wrote of an accelerating pattern of school districts defying direct mandates from Phil Murphy and the state Department of Education by choosing to
Governor Phil Murphy is trying to juggle the academic needs of schoolchildren, valid health concerns of teachers, and a sudden uptick of Covid-19 cases as
It’s not a secret how all this should work. When anticipating prolonged school closures, states need to set clear expectations for the quality of learning
Just now the Governor tweeted: According to the new guidance (see here), all schools must offer “Unconditional Eligibility for Fulltime Remote Learning.” In other words,
When Lamont Repollet was New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education and schools closed in mid-March, he told districts to “get creative” about closing the digital divide