The New Jersey State Board of Education held its monthly public meeting this morning, large stretches of it consumed by DOE staffers reading aloud a
In 2018 when Superintendent Roger Leon first took over the helm of New Jersey’s largest school district, he inherited its universal enrollment system called Newark
Ras Baraka is Newark’s mayor. This first appeared at nj.com. The will to get it done. This was the unofficial slogan of my city’s lead-line
At yesterday’s State Board of Education monthly public meeting, the 64 Floor legacy of Gov. Murphy’s former commissioner Lamont Repollet was front and center. At
Today Mary Ann Koruth of The Record has a great update of a lawsuit currently before the state Superior Court in Mercer County pressed by
JerseyCAN, the only statewide advocacy organization in New Jersey committed to ensuring access to high-quality public schools for every child regardless of zip code, cultural
Despite heightened focus on mental health for students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black students actually have less access to mental health staff
Jeffrey Bennett and his family reside in the South Orange-Maplewood school district. South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools District is a racially-diverse school system: as of 2021-22,
Here’s a best practice for state departments of education: treat oversight boards respectfully and communicate all proposals in advance of public hearings. Yet at yesterday’s
The New Jersey Education Association’s “Center for Honesty in Education” has issued a “Discrimination Alert” that warns of “bad actors” spreading “hateful rhetoric” about the