Omar Lisojo is at Montclair State University pursuing an education degree while working as a substitute teacher. This first appeared at Chalkbeat. I have always
The tragic irony of a high school for low income kids allegedly being built on the backs of workers paid unfair and illegal wages, and
Politics in Newark is complicated but New Jersey’s largest city has this going for it: school and municipal leaders are tireless advocates for fair wages
Rob Jennings is a reporter at Advance Media, where this first appeared. 5:48 a.m. That’s when my alarm went off during my long-ago high school
As the New Jersey State Legislature considers a bill proposal that would require high schools to start the day no earlier than 8:30 am, it’s
A new New Jersey Assembly proposal, A 3816, would require high schools to begin the school day no earlier than 8:30 am. Assemblyman Craig Couglin
Among various school improvement practices, there’s few more disruptive than closing neighborhood schools, even if those schools have been failing students for years. Carol Burris
In today’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber, ally of NJEA, Save Our Schools-NJ, Education Law Center, and doctoral student of Bruce Baker, argues that PARCC scores
John Mooney has an important piece today in NJ Spotlight on the decision by Ed. Comm. Cerf and the DOE to wean NJ public high
Bob Braun at the Star-Ledger had a column yesterday that slammed the Christie Administration’s “dubious educational policy decisions made behind closed doors.” Those decisions include