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With A Second COVID Wave Coming, KIPPNJ Will Remain All-Remote Until January.

Chalkbeat , a nonprofit news organization covering public education, originally published this post as "KIPP New Jersey students will learn…

4 years ago

NJ Children’s Foundation Announces New Initiative To Measure Impact of Digital Divide & Covid Slide On Children and Families.

The New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting a fact-based discussion about education, today announced a significant…

4 years ago

AEI: Remote Instruction During the Spring Was “Too Little, Too Late.”

Nat Malkkus of the American Enterprise Institute has a new brief called "Too Little, Too Late: A Hard Look at…

4 years ago

After a Decade of Opposing Voucher Programs, I’m Wondering If I Was Wrong

This is the first in a series of three pieces on my changing views of publicly-funded vouchers to parochial and…

4 years ago

Newark Continues Citywide Public School Enrollment Surge For Fifth Consecutive Year

After years of decreasing enrollment and a general lack of trust in its public schools, state data shows that Newark’s public…

4 years ago

NJ Parent: The Department of Education’s Reopening Plan “Says Nothing!”

A New Jersey parent emailed NJLB to express her thoughts on the New Jersey Department of Education's management of school…

4 years ago

Hand Me The Barf Bag: I Agree With Trump Jr. On School Choice.

It is unacceptable that too many African American and Hispanic American children are stuck in bad schools, just because of…

4 years ago

Lakewood Parents on In-School Instruction: “We’re Only Here As Props!”

Lakewood Public Schools has carefully orchestrated its plan to open schools for full-day in-person instruction on September 4th. Yet efforts…

4 years ago

NJ Charter School Staff Call Out DNC For “Egregious” Attacks on Schools Favored By Black and Latino Families

Ten days ago the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association, on behalf of 65 signatories, sent a letter to the…

4 years ago

New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Shoddy Research Misses The Mark On Extra COVID Funding For Schools

This was originally published at the Sunlight Policy Center of NJ. New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) has published a report,…

4 years ago