New Jersey Department of Education

ADERHOLD: To Address Teacher Shortage, Get Rid of State Qualifying Test

David M. Aderhold, Ed.D, is the superintendent of schools for the West Windsor – Plainsboro Regional School District. This originally…

2 years ago

Murphy’s Education Department to Families ‘Ripped Out of the Schools They Love’: Let Them Eat Cake

Who is left holding the bag? Black and Latino families who get ripped out of the schools that they love.…

2 years ago

Murphy Administration’s Attack on This Newark Charter ‘Hurts and Disrespects Black and Latino Families’

Since 2006, Newark's University Heights Charter School (UHCS) has served the community with support from Bethany Baptist Church, one of…

2 years ago

As Murphy Plots a Presidential Run, Low-Income Families Pay the Price

At a Goldman Sachs conference in April of 2017, a month before Phil Murphy declared his candidacy for New Jersey…

3 years ago

Newark Schools Chief Roger León Gets Grilled On Student Learning Loss–and Comes Up Short

Yesterday Newark Superintendent Roger León was in the hot seat at the Newark Municipal Council Education Committee as he took…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Murphy Treats Low-Income Families as Political Footballs As He Shuts Down Their Best Schools

Late yesterday Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan sent a letter to Newark’s University Heights Charter School that decreed, based on…

3 years ago

Cherry Hill Schools District Put Ankle Weights on a Four-Year-Old With Autism

When my youngest child, Jonah, was four years old and attending a private special education school paid for by our…

3 years ago

VIDEO: As Parents Demand ‘Bold Change’ In Schools, JerseyCAN Steps Up

Over the last two years as schools have responded to COVID-19 disruptions, parents, grandparents, and guardians have had a never-seen-before…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Yes, Murphy’s DOE Flunked Remote Learning But Let’s Not Get Carried Away

The new Rutgers paper, “Digital Divide, Critical and Crisis-Informatics Perspectives on K-12 Emergency Remote Teaching During the Pandemic,” is a…

3 years ago

New Jersey Public School Enrollment Takes a Hit: COVID-19 Restrictions or Birthrate?

According to recently released data from the New Jersey Department of Education, over the last two years enrollment in the…

3 years ago