Don't blame that inconsistency on journalist Adam Clark: typically writers have no control over headlines. Nonetheless, he's stuck with the…
Last month the State Board of Education considered some big changes to our requirements for a high school diploma. The…
Ubaidullah Jackson, who just turned seven years old, peers up at me with undisguised curiosity. I’m here to interview his…
“We in Trenton are adamantly opposed to charter school expansion,” Trenton Superintendent Dr. Fred McDowell said Wednesday at a community…
This is a love story. Twelve years ago, Shiana Torres was a student at Essex County Community College. She had…
Jamila Jendayi-Scott, who attended Paterson Public Schools during the state takeover (from 1991 to this past May) and whose son…
I’m a sucker for word derivations. Did you know that the word “anger” is derived from an old Norse word…
Meet Erica Beverett of Lumberton, New Jersey. A Head Start teacher in Trenton, Erica is attending the NJ Parent Summit…
I’ve attended the NJ Parent Summit for two of its three years. (Last year the Summit coincided with my daughter’s…
Today I head for Mt. Laurel, where 250 parents hailing from all over the state -- Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey…