Parent Voices

MCKENNA: Reclaiming Our Kids’ Mental Health, Or, Strange Times Call for Strange Parenting

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her at www.lauramckenna.com. This was originally published at Laura McKenna’s…

3 years ago

Trenton Charter School Leader: Murphy’s Education Department Is Privileging Politics Over Children

Over the last six weeks NJ Education Report has interviewed Trenton and Newark mothers to assess their reactions to the…

3 years ago

MCKENNA: As School Problems Mount and Staff Shortages Persist, Parents Are Pissed

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her at www.lauramckenna.com. This was originally published at Laura…

3 years ago

VIDEO: Parents, Don’t Shoot the Messenger—Take This Test Seriously

New Jerseyans are rightfully proud of their highly-rated public school system.  But what's the plan for students who have experienced…

3 years ago

This District Will Cram All State Sex Ed Standards Into Half-Hour On Last Day of School

East Hanover Superintendent Natalee Bartlett says she's not "bucking" the new Student Learning Standards on health and physical education, just…

3 years ago

New Bill Proposal Would Address Parent Concerns About Murphy Administration’s Sex Education Standards

State Senator Vin Gopal, Chair of the Senate Education Committee, says he will introduce a bill proposal that would require…

3 years ago

Parents Demand Reversal of Murphy Administration’s New Sexual Education Standards: ‘Opting Out Is Not a Reasonable Solution’

This is a petition challenging the decision by Gov. Murphy's  Education Department to revise the health and physical education standards,…

3 years ago

Murphy Walks Back New Sex Ed Recommendations, Says They’ve Been ‘Intentionally Misrepresented’

Gov. Phil Murphy just announced "he’ll direct the state Department of Education to “review the standards and provide further clarification…

3 years ago

GOPAL: Calm Down, Everyone, NJ’s New Sex Education Isn’t What You Think

Ed. Note: Fox News and other similar outlets are having a field day with New Jersey's new Student Learning Standards…

3 years ago

‘This Curriculum Makes Me Sick’: NJ Parents React to New Sexual Health Standards

In 2020 the New Jersey State Board of Education approved new content for teaching students about health and sexual education;…

3 years ago