New Jersey Legislature

Advocates for NJ Students Press Senate to Pass Bill Mandating Measurement of Student Learning Loss

Below are excerpts from a letter sent yesterday to the New Jersey Senate by a coaltion of advocates in support…

4 years ago

Senate Education Committee Demands a "Reckoning With Truth," Despite Pleas From NJEA

After the U.S. education system fractured into Zoom screens last spring, experts feared millions of children would fall behind. Hard…

4 years ago

Why Should the State Ed. Dept. Have to Collect Data on Student Learning Loss? Here’s Why.

This is testimony from JerseyCAN Executive Director Patricia Morgan, given yesterday at the Senate Education Committee's hearing on Bill S3214.…

4 years ago

How Often Does a Senate Committee Meeting Remind You of a Trump-Biden Debate?

Today the New Jersey Senate Education Committee is meeting for a full day of hearings on thirteen bills. (See list…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Some Advice for NJ's New Ed Commissioner: If We Don't Measure, We Can't Fix It

For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by the New Jersey Department of…

4 years ago

Karega Rausch Says Charter Schools Get Better Outcomes for Kids When They Listen to Communities

Last week I interviewed Karega Rausch, the new Executive Director of the non-partisan National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).…

4 years ago

Senator Ruiz Reams Out NJ DOE for Lying and Lack of Leadership

A few notes from last Thursday's State Senate Budget Committee hearing, with Interim Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer in…

4 years ago

Why Can’t We Fix Asbury Park? Thirteen Years of State Oversight and Still Circling the Drain.

I’ve spent a fair bit of time recently on Asbury Park Public Schools at the behest of residents and staff…

5 years ago

Murphy Talks Budget and Lakewood Gets Cash.

This morning the Lakewood Board of Education held a meeting in the high school auditorium for representatives from 127 private…

5 years ago

New Survey: NJ Public Charter and Renaissance Schools Need $900 Million for Critical School Construction

Today, the New Jersey Charter Schools Association (NJCSA) and JerseyCAN released a report titled, Include All Public Schools In Facilities…

5 years ago