Learning Loss

It’s a “Big F**king Deal,” Says President Biden. How Will New Jersey Spend $2.8 Billion to Rescue Our Schools?

How high an investment is the Biden Administration making in K-12 schools through the American Rescue Plan? Choose your descriptor:…

4 years ago

Many NJ Students Need ‘Strong Support’ To Recover From Pandemic Learning Loss

Last Fall the New Jersey Department of Education offered  "Start Strong" assessments to all school districts. The DOE described these…

4 years ago

NJ Announces Details for Local Learning Loss Assessment Data

.Yesterday the New Jersey State Department of Education issued instructions on how it will collect local assessment data. [An earlier…

4 years ago

NJ Senate Bill Would Let Parents Choose for Their Child to Repeat This Year’s Grade

New Jersey Senators Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) have introduced a bill that would allow parents/guardians to request…

4 years ago

RICCARDS: Biden Administration Boldly Declares Importance of Measuring Academic Impact of Pandemic Year

Rest easy, Garden State. The Biden Administration and its U.S. Department of Education has now made the tough decision for…

4 years ago

State Public Charter School Association President Commends Gov. Murphy’s ‘Commonsense Approach’ to Learning Loss

New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association President and CEO Harry Lee issued the following statement reacting to Governor Murphy’s announcement…

4 years ago

Groups Urge Governor Murphy to Prioritize Programs Alleviating Learning Loss

Yesterday more than 15 groups, comprised of education advocates, business associations, parents, and teachers, joined in urging Governor Murphy to…

4 years ago

NJ School Boards Association Explains How To Reopen School While Integrating the “New Normal”

Last week at a virtual meeting with the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, New Jersey School Boards…

4 years ago

New DOE Commissioner: ‘It Is Impossible to Accelerate Learning if You Cannot Measure It’

Everyone agrees that over the last year many New Jersey students, especially those from low-income households, have lost academic ground.…

4 years ago

NJ Unions and Allied Groups Send an Open Letter to Phil Murphy and Everyone Else

The following "open letter from public education advocates to New Jersey families and communities" is, says John Mooney of NJ…

4 years ago