Paula White, Executive Director of JerseyCAN, is frustrated with the New Jersey Education Department’s delayed release of last spring’s student proficiency tests. In an op-ed
Today the National Assessment for Educational Progress, or NAEP, released test scores for fourth-graders, mostly nine years old, and they are grim: math scores dropped
A popular, bipartisan bill eliminating a controversial teacher qualifying test called the EdTPA passed the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly unanimously on June 29th
Approximately 400 community members came together to enjoy food, games and music Students received Nike athletic wear, as well as free backpacks filled with workbooks
Cedric Thorbes is a proud graduate of Morehouse College and most recently a 2021-2022 JerseyCAN New Jersey Teacher Leader Policy Fellow, where he advocated for
(This is a press release from the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association.) On June 1, the families of nearly 700 students learned that their
Michael J. Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. David Griffith is the institute’s associate director for research and the author of
This past Friday Yasmin Hernández, one of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Executive Superintendents who oversee multiple districts, received her annual performance evaluation. Like
‘Quiet,’ an adult voice can be heard saying. ‘What I said was, ‘Is it OK if I use the word (racial slur)?’ This is an
Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy Perspective and it’s a doozy.