Jersey City Public Schools

Jersey City and Lakewood: Not So Perfect Together When It Comes Schools and Property Taxes

Jersey City and Lakewood's public school districts couldn't be more dissimilar. The former, New Jersey's second largest district, educates 33,000…

3 years ago

Jersey City Mom: Gov. Murphy, You Are Endangering My Health By Mandating In-Person Instruction

This is a letter (lightly edited) to Gov. Phil Murphy, written by Shanna Givens of Jersey City, who has an…

3 years ago

BREAKING: New Billboards Take Aim at NJEA’s Power Over Murphy

Today New Jersey’s Sunlight Policy Center launched a six-figure billboard campaign that takes aim at the New Jersey Education Association’s…

4 years ago

Jersey City Superintendent Reverses Himself: District Schools Will Reopen Next Week

Earlier this week NJ Education Report reported that, in contrast to Camden City Public Schools that just reopened for kindergarten-second…

4 years ago

Camden Schools Reopen But Jersey City Schools Will Stay Closed Until September: Why?

Yesterday in Camden, district kindergarten-2nd grade students were welcomed back to in-person classes with "clean versions of hit pop songs,…

4 years ago

Is Jersey City Public Schools Crying Wolf Over Its School Budget?

Jersey City Public Schools, the state's second largest district which educates over 30,000 students, is claiming poverty: It has a…

4 years ago

BREAKING: NJ Supreme Court Sides With Jersey City Teachers Union

In a decision issued today, the New Jersey State Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for New Jersey taxpayers…

4 years ago

In NJ, Taxpayers Pay Teachers Who Are Full-Time Union Lobbyists. Is That Legal?

Should New Jersey’s taxpayers—strained under one of the heaviest tax burdens in the country—be paying public school teachers not to…

4 years ago

Former Jersey City School Board Prez Indicted: From Small-Time Crook to Big-Time Crook?

Twenty months ago NJLB reported on then-Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas’ shady use of campaign money he…

4 years ago

Newark’s Newest Charter School Leader Is Well Equipped to Manage School Reopenings Amidst a Pandemic

“The key is a great team of committed professionals --- even in the midst of a pandemic, even in the…

4 years ago