Lakewood Board of Education

New Jersey’s Educational Caste System, Lakewood’s Elephant in the Room, and One Truth-Speaker

I’m awfully hard on Education Law Center so it is with pleasure that I salute Executive Director David Sciarra’s candor…

4 years ago

Eight Teachers Catch COVID in Lakewood, Two Hospitalized

The Lakewood Scoop, a media platform that serves the ultra-Orthodox community, reports today that eight staff members of Lakewood Public…

4 years ago

Lakewood Children Dress in Blackface During Purim; School District Responds

On Friday in Lakewood, a group of ultra-Orthodox children celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim dressed in blackface. Fred Rush,…

4 years ago

What’s Another $32.5 Million? Doing the Math in Lakewood Public Schools

The Asbury Park Press reports that Rabbi Osher Eisemann, founder of the Lakewood private special education school called The School…

4 years ago

Doing the Math in Lakewood: COVID Rates, Laptop Access, and Student Outcomes

Transparency is not Lakewood Public School District's middle name. According to Gustavo Martinez Contreras of the Asbury Park Press, while…

4 years ago

There Will Always Be a Lakewood

Well, that didn't go well. Right before last week's Thanksgiving break, all Lakewood staff members received a letter from Superintendent…

4 years ago

A Few Questions for Lakewood’s School Board, Superintendent, and Lawyer

Life is full of surprises but here’s one that blows me away: Michael Inzelbuch, attorney for the Lakewood Public Schools…

4 years ago

Internal Emails Between Lakewood Union President and Board Attorney: “Repulsive Conduct” or “Undocumented Allegations”?

For many New Jersey school districts today is opening day. What that day looks like -- viewed through chromebooks, plexiglass…

4 years ago

Letter From Lakewood Attorney to Union Reps Re: Teacher Requests for Remote Instruction

This is a letter from Lakewood School Board attorney Michael Inzelbuch, sent last night to Jennifer Raike, who represents Ocean…

4 years ago

“We Should Not Be Forced To Choose Between Our Job and Our Life”: Teacher Resignations Rise in New Jersey (New: Update on Lakewood)

Advance Media has an article today entitled "Surge in N.J. teacher leave requests is crushing school reopening plans." The Asbury…

4 years ago