Racism

Pleasantville Teacher Is Caught On Video Using Racist Language

'Quiet,' an adult voice can be heard saying. 'What I said was, ‘Is it OK if I use the word…

3 years ago

After School Board Member’s Racist Posts, District Tries to Insert Some Wiggle Room

What happens when a New Jersey school board member makes blatantly racist comments on social media? If you go by…

3 years ago

NJ School Board Member ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ About Racist Commentary

Central Regional School District is a small two-school district in Ocean County serving 2,800 students grades 7-12. Recently this district,…

3 years ago

SCHLITZ: Like Judge Brown Jackson, I Struggle Against a Racist Education System

Haley Taylor Schlitz is a third year law student, author, public speaker, and respected thought leader on the issues students…

3 years ago

New Jersey High School Student Releases Illustrated Children’s Book

Surayyah “RayRay” Fofana is a 16-year-old high school student in Hillsborough, NJ of Senegal and American descent, an activist, dancer,…

3 years ago

This Is How a Jersey City Public Charter Is Building an Anti-Racist Culture

Felicia Henderson is a first-grade teacher at Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City. She serves as the head of…

3 years ago

Montclair, Where Wokeness Comes to Die: Latest on Whistleblower’s Report

Montclair Public Schools District, New Jersey's moneyed bastion of wokeness, is confronting yet a racially-charged and sexist incident mired in…

3 years ago

What’s Another $6 Billion a Year in State School Spending for New Jersey Taxpayers?

Bruce Baker and Mark Weber have another paper out at New Jersey Policy Perspective where they report (accurately) that systemic,…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: From Bridgewater to Newark, Parents Are Demanding Virtual Options. What If We Listened?

In June Gov. Phil Murphy decreed that this September all schools must provide in-person full-time instruction and the days of…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Someone Needs to Tell This NJ Superintendent That Schools Are Accountable to Families, Not the Other Way Around

You probably didn’t read Sunday's Star-Ledger op-ed by John Kellmayer called “‘Harrison Bergeron’ and How to Close the Achievement Gap.” …

4 years ago