Montclair

Montclair Students With Autism Started in-Person School on Friday. One Glitch: Teachers Didn’t Show Up.

This past Friday, 30 Montclair Public School District students arrived at school for their first day of live instruction. These…

4 years ago

Montclair Families, “Devastated” By Remote Instruction, Demand To Be Treated As “Equal Shareholders”

This is a petition circulating among Montclair parents who oppose the district's decision to begin the school year remotely, despite…

4 years ago

NJEA Lobbyists Want New Jersey’s Next Governor To Be NJEA VP (and Aspiring Montclair Mayor) Sean Spiller. One Little Problem…

This is a guest post by Mike Lilley, founder and president of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey, a nonprofit…

5 years ago

NJEA’S Palace Intrigue: A New Report Shines Light on The Mayoral Candidacy of Sean Spiller.

Three weeks ago a reader asked me an intriguing question: Is Sean Spiller, candidate for Mayor of Montclair and NJEA…

5 years ago

Welcome to Montclair, Where “Progressivism” Turns Into the “Epitome of Black Oppression”

I know this will be controversial but I don’t  have a problem if a teacher is found to be racist,…

5 years ago

Just How Good Is Your Local School District? You Won’t Find Out By Browsing Ratings Sites. Spotlight on Princeton, Montclair, and Newark.

Over the weekend the Star-Ledger published a list of high schools with “surprisingly low scores” on school quality. Unlike the…

6 years ago

Shavar Jeffries, Montclair Public Schools, and the ESSA Shell Game

I once heard a Montclair High School student describe how he could tell whether a class was an AP or…

6 years ago

This Montclair Mom Moves to Brooklyn with Her Special Needs Son: Here’s What Happens

Nine-year-old Wesley Clark is a fourth-grader at PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights. He and his family were recently profiled in…

7 years ago