New Jersey State Legislature

JerseyCAN–Once Again–Fills the Vacuum Left By Murphy Administration’s Education Department

Yesterday the Star-Ledger published a long interview with Patricia Morgan, executive director of the education policy watchdog group JerseyCAN and…

3 years ago

Elizabeth Public Schools’ Corruption Now Tied to Two Hitmen and a Jersey City Murder

On Tuesday the New York Times reported that Sean Caddle, 44, of Hamburg, N.J., pleaded guilty in Federal District Court…

3 years ago

JUST OUT: Senate Education Chair Asks Asbury Park Staff Members To Speak Up–Confidentiality Assured

Below are two emails. The first is from Asbury Park Education Association's president John Napolitani; it went out earlier today…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Murphy Extends School Mask Mandate For 30 Days

One hour ago Gov. Phil Murphy reinstated a Public Health Emergency "to ensure that the State is able to respond…

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

Murphy Asks Legislature to Extend His In-School Mask Mandate

Yesterday at his coronavirus briefing, Gov. Phil Murphy announced he would ask the State Legislature for a 90-day extension of…

3 years ago

‘All Kids Back in School,’ Says Murphy–Except for Kids With Disabilities Because ‘That’s Too Hard’

Paul O’Neill is co-founder and senior fellow of the Center for Learner Equity. New Jersey’s rules are clear – remote learning…

3 years ago

Is There Really a Teacher Shortage in NJ? Let’s All Take a Deep Breath

Major media is ablaze with dire predictions about imminent teacher shortages due to pandemic stress and burn-out. Certainly, teachers have…

3 years ago

Jersey Man Calls On Public To Join Act of Civil Disobedience to Protest Murphy’s In-School Mandates

Makarand Bidwai, a parent in the Princeton area, in this petition addressed to Gov. Phil Murphy, Acting Department of Education…

3 years ago