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JerseyCAN Chief Rebukes State Education Department For Delaying Release of Student Testing Data

Paula White, Executive Director of JerseyCAN, is frustrated with the New Jersey Education Department’s delayed release of last spring's student…

2 years ago

Just-Released National Test Scores Show How School Closures Decimated Student Learning Over Last Two Years

Today the National Assessment for Educational Progress, or NAEP, released test scores for fourth-graders, mostly nine years old, and they…

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

Newark Families Enjoy Summer Fun (and School Supplies), Courtesy of BRICK and South Ward Promise Neighborhood

Approximately 400 community members came together to enjoy food, games and music Students received Nike athletic wear, as well as…

2 years ago

THORBES: A Call For A Change: Broadening The Mission of New Jersey Charter Schools

Cedric Thorbes is a proud graduate of Morehouse College and most recently a 2021-2022 JerseyCAN New Jersey Teacher Leader Policy…

2 years ago

Murphy Administration’s Charter Closure–in June!– Will Cause Chaos For Black and Latino Families

(This is a press release from the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association.) On June 1, the families of nearly…

2 years ago

PETRILLI, GRIFFITH, ROSENKRANS: Gov. Murphy, Listen To the Evidence and Let Newark Charters Expand

Michael J. Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. David Griffith is the institute’s associate director for…

3 years ago

SCOOP: NJ Education Department Abruptly Fires Only Latina Executive Superintendent For ‘Political’ Reasons

This past Friday Yasmin Hernández, one of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Executive Superintendents who oversee multiple districts, received…

3 years ago

Pleasantville Teacher Is Caught On Video Using Racist Language

'Quiet,' an adult voice can be heard saying. 'What I said was, ‘Is it OK if I use the word…

3 years ago

Once Again, These ‘Fiscal Equity’ Lobbyists Futz With Facts To Satisfy a Flawed Premise

Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy…

3 years ago