Local Control

COMMENTARY: The Lawsuit to Desegregate NJ Schools Rests on Whether Lululemom Will Open in Trenton

Today Mary Ann Koruth of The Record has a great update of a lawsuit currently before the state Superior Court…

2 years ago

Murphy Administration Announces the Return of Jersey City Public Schools to Full Local Control

Editor's Note: This is a press release from the Governor's Office. Carly Sitrin of Politico NJ notes (in an article…

2 years ago

BREAKING: State Ed Department and State Board Return Local Control to Jersey City Public Schools

Today during the New Jersey State Board of Education meeting, Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan recommended that the Board approve a resolution…

2 years ago

MCKENNA: Is Public Education on Life Support?

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her at www.lauramckenna.com. This was originally published at Laura McKenna’s…

2 years ago

NJ GOP Releases Proposal to Repeal Murphy Administration’s New Sex Ed Standards

Senator Holly Schepisi and Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho have introduced new legislation that would repeal controversial sex education mandates…

3 years ago

To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine? Divergent Approaches in South Orange and West-Windsor

Last week South Orange-Maplewood Public School District made news by announcing that all students travelling beyond the tri-state area during…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Ciattarelli’s Disastrous School Funding Plan

Anyone who reads my commentary knows that I’m a proponent of school choice, high standards and aligned assessments, school district…

3 years ago

Toms River Parents on Mask Mandate: ‘Phil Murphy Is Not Our Baby Daddy’

First it was Wall Township. Then it was Holmdel. And now Toms River Board of Education, overseeing New Jersey’s seventh…

3 years ago

What’s Behind Murphy’s No-Masks-in-School Stance?

On May 24th Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Morning Joe that all students would be wearing masks in school in…

3 years ago

Which School District in Your County Pays Teachers Most Generously?

While K-12 educators are generally underpaid for the critical work they do, sometimes they earn more than you'd think, especially…

3 years ago