Lakewood Public Schools

Lakewood Schools’ Lawyer Responds to Asbury Park Press’s Racist Photo Caption

Update: The NJ Globe just reported that Asbury Park Press has fired Gustavo Martínez-Contreras, who wrote the caption to the…

4 years ago

In Lakewood Public Schools District, 131 Staff Members Have Been Stricken By COVID-19

Unlike teacher union leaders in Montclair and South Orange-Maplewood that deftly outmaneuver their districts and keep schools closed, the Lakewood…

4 years ago

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

As Lakewood’s COVID Cases Rise, Teachers Plead for Hybrid Instruction.

As far as we are concerned, 47 cases is 47 cases too many. As we begin flu season and COVID…

4 years ago