Parent Voices

NJ Parents and Children Protest Murphy’s Refusal To Allow Top-Tier Public Charters To Expand

In response to the recent expansion denials of top performing public charter schools, including one of the best charter schools…

3 years ago

New Poll: NJ Parents Seek Bold Changes In Education & More Academic Support for Students

JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high-quality schools for all New Jersey students, released today the most comprehensive statewide review of…

3 years ago

Murphy Chooses Cash Over Kids: A Look Behind A Trenton Charter School Denial

When Paul Robeson Charter School in Trenton received word that the Murphy Administration was rejecting its proposal to expand to…

3 years ago

MORRISON: Gov. Murphy, I Am a Survivor of Newark District Schools and My Boys Deserve More’

Jasmine Morrison is a parent organizer and founder of Unapologetic Parents, an organization that advocates for better school options and…

3 years ago

Asbury Park Mom: ‘This District Is Trying to Silence Parents’

NJ Education Report hears regularly from Asbury Park staff members about their struggles in this district but not often from…

3 years ago

Parents Invincible Launches ‘Camden Homeschooling Cohort’

This is a press release from Parents Invincible Executive Director Shirley Irizarry. The non-profit helps Camden parents make the best…

3 years ago

What’s Up With the Optics of the Old White Lawyer Denying School Choice To the Black Mom?

NJ Spotlight News has a fine video up today that sheds some light on the Murphy Administration’s rejections of expansion…

3 years ago

RICCARDS: It’s Time for Parents to Speak Louder in Local School Issues

If only I had known that I was a candidate canary in the school board coal mine … It was…

3 years ago

A Tweet-Thread To Gov. Murphy Re: His Decision To Prioritize Politics Over Newark Students and Families

Monday: @PhilMurphyNJ: “If it’s a high-quality top performing school, regardless of what school it is…we’ve never, ever, ever been, ‘Hell…

3 years ago

MURPHY: In NJ the Law Can Work Against Children With Disabilities; Here’s How Parents Can Gain Control

Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and…

3 years ago