New Report on ‘Unfinished Learning’ Finds Our Kids Are Not Okay
Laura Waters
December 7, 2021
This is a disaster. The bottom has fallen out, and the results are as bad as you can imagine. We haven’t seen this kind of
South Orange-Maplewood Families: If You’re Traveling and Your Kids Aren’t Vaccinated, Read This First
Staff Writer
November 22, 2021
The South Orange-Maplewood School District has announced that all students traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday outside of the tri-state area plus Pennsylvania and Delaware will
MCKENNA: Remote Education Sucked. Now What?
contributor
October 28, 2021
Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her here (www.lauramckenna.com). This was originally published at Laura McKenna’s Newsletter, Apt. 11D. Research
Jersey City Mom: Gov. Murphy, You Are Endangering My Health By Mandating In-Person Instruction
Staff Writer
October 26, 2021
This is a letter (lightly edited) to Gov. Phil Murphy, written by Shanna Givens of Jersey City, who has an autoimmune disease. She pleads with
BREAKING: New Jersey Parent Files Lawsuit Re: Murphy’s ‘Tone-Deaf’ and ‘Talent-Blind’ Response to Parents Seeking Virtual Choice
Staff Writer
October 19, 2021
Last week New Jersey resident Makarand Bidwai filed a Public Interest lawsuit* against Gov. Phil Murphy in the civil division of the State Supreme Court.
NJ Mom on In-School Mandate: ‘Murphy Promised to Protect Us and Then He Threw Our Kids Under the Bus’
Laura Waters
October 18, 2021
Deanna Nye is a mom of three in Bridgewater and her two sons have Individualized Education Plan (IEP’s, or individualized annual academic goals and services
‘All Kids Back in School,’ Says Murphy–Except for Kids With Disabilities Because ‘That’s Too Hard’
contributor
October 5, 2021
Paul O’Neill is co-founder and senior fellow of the Center for Learner Equity. New Jersey’s rules are clear – remote learning is over. Convinced that in-person
Montclair Superintendent Asks All Families and Staff to Delay Travel Plans
Staff Writer
October 1, 2021
Montclair Superintendent Jonathan Ponds has requested that families, caregivers, and district staff, regardless of vaccination status, delay all unavoidable travel. In a letter to the
1,100 Toms River Students Are Stuck at Home While the Murphy Administration Ignores Pleas for Virtual Learning
Laura Waters
September 29, 2021
Last week, by a vote of 6-3, the Bridgewater-Raritan School Board approved a resolution telling Gov. Phil Murphy to have the state Department of Education
No Mazel Tov for Chris Christie’s Brother, Who Hosts Son’s ‘Super-Spreader’ Bar Mitzvah
Staff Writer
September 20, 2021
Predictably, transmission of COVID-19 is affecting schools’ commitment to in-school instruction and Chris Christie’s posh school district is no exception. On Friday officials at Mendham