NJ Department of Education (DOE)

Newark District’s Deal With Private Investor Falls Through and Superintendent Knew About Malfeasance

On Friday Summit Assets, a private investing group that had a contract with Newark Public Schools to build a new…

2 years ago

COMMENTARY: Do We Really Have a Teacher Shortage and, If We Do, How Can We Fix It?

The American teacher shortage is headlining news stories and infiltrating social media, although there’s little consensus on whether this shortage…

2 years ago

New Jersey School Board Candidate Calls for Execution of ‘Satan-F**ker’ Jews

UPDATE: On Saturday Ferrara said he will exit the race for Hamilton School Board. There's a new petition up (hat…

2 years ago

DURR: Despite What NJEA Says, Parents Not ‘Extremists’ for Expressing Concerns About Sex Education Mandates

This is a press release. Senator Ed Durr responded to an advertisement from the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) that…

2 years ago

Everyone Wants To Eliminate This Teacher Test But Murphy is Mum

A popular, bipartisan bill eliminating a controversial teacher qualifying test called the EdTPA passed the New Jersey State Senate and…

2 years ago

How Will Murphy’s Education Department ‘Penalize’ Districts Who Don’t Teach New Sex Education Standards?

Yesterday’s marathon State Board of Education meeting—six hours and change—was noteworthy for multiple reasons, not least the clear frustration expressed…

2 years ago

Middletown School Board Calls Education Department’s Bluff on Sex Education

According to the Murphy Administration's Department of Education, in September all New Jersey public schools must adhere to the new…

2 years ago

Murphy Signs Law Requiring NJ Public Schools to Immediately Develop Threat Assessment Teams

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill 4075/3229 into law, requiring the board of education in each school district and…

2 years ago

BREAKING: The New Jersey Sex Ed Wars Aren’t Really About Sex

Anyone reading New Jersey media this morning–or, in fact, most days for the past couple of months—could be forgiven for…

2 years ago

Five Reasons the NJ Education Department Made the Right Call!

There's been a fair amount of blowback to the New Jersey State Education Department's mandate that this fall schools administer…

2 years ago