New Jersey Department of Education

COMMENTARY: Murphy Is Rigid on Remote Instruction But Parents Rally For Change

Back in September Governor Murphy announced that all students would be back in school full-time, in-person and that parents “will…

3 years ago

Murphy’s Education Commissioner on Her Way Out?

Update: Score one up for Politico, one down for North Jersey Media. Today Carly Sitrin reports that Murphy will renominate…

3 years ago

Jersey Media Heats Up With the ‘Crisis’ Within Murphy’s Department of Education

There's plenty to complain about New Jersey's "media desert," sandwiched as we are between those two behemoths New York City…

3 years ago

‘If You Don’t Think This Is a Crisis Then I Don’t Know What Else Will Make It More Alarming’

“I am heartbroken, disappointed and outraged,” State Senator Teresa Ruiz, the outgoing chair of the Senate Education Committee who will…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Is Murphy’s Education Department in Cahoots with Urban Districts to Close Schools?

Back in March 2020 when New Jersey was being crushed by COVID cases, the State Legislature passed a bill that,…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: New Jersey Educators Need a New Role Model and They’ve Got One in David Banks

The whole goal here is to prepare kids to be able to be college and workforce ready. A lot of…

3 years ago

New Bill Takes Aim At Murphy Education Department’s Persistent Disregard for Measuring Unfinished Learning

A new bill sponsored by Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Angela McKnight looks like it may pass quickly during the…

3 years ago

How Low Can You Go With Math Standards? Educators Fight Back.

The following letter expresses "alarm" at the dumbing-down of math standards, with particular reference to a new initiative in California…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: NJ Ed Department’s Proposal for Dumbed-Down Tests Is 64 Floor Redux

Two years ago, under the leadership of Phil Murphy's Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, the State Board of Education voted 12-1…

3 years ago

SCOOP: Murphy’s Ed Department Gives Up on Student Success After High School

Yesterday the State Board of Education convened to hear a presentation from the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education on the…

3 years ago