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“Now I Have Hope,” Says Homeless Mom, After Project Ready Provides Wifi and Laptops.

At brightbeam we talk a lot about the digital divide, a major obstacle to equitably delivering home instruction during this…

4 years ago

Murphy’s Executive Order For Districts Going Remote-Only

Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Requiring Schools to Open for In-Person Instruction and Permitting Districts to Provide Remote-Only Instruction if…

4 years ago

Newark Charters Pledge to Exceed Health and Academic Standards During COVID

Today thirteen public charter schools in Newark signed the “COVID-19 Compact” that represents a commitment to common standards for the…

4 years ago

Murphy Flip-Flops on School Reopenings. Here’s the Backstory.

It’s been two years since I began covering the deterioration of the New Jersey Department of Education under the commissioner appointed…

4 years ago

There’s A Catch For Districts Planning on Going All-Remote

According to a source who spoke to Advance Media, New Jersey’s nearly 600 school districts will not be able to…

4 years ago

Breaking News: Murphy Will Announce Today That Schools Can Go All-Remote

At 1:00 this afternoon Governor Phil Murphy will hold a press conference with Interim Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer. According to…

4 years ago

School Districts Defy Murphy With Impunity While Repollet Takes Kean University All-Remote

Yesterday I wrote of an accelerating pattern of school districts defying direct mandates from Phil Murphy and the state Department…

4 years ago

New Jersey School Staff Drops 11%, Second Largest Decrease Among All States

New Jersey has eliminated more education workers than any other state except for Delaware, according to a survey from the…

4 years ago

School Leaders Ignore Murphy and DOE Mandates. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

“We literally have no news on education today,” Murphy said at his latest coronavirus press briefing in Trenton. Well, school…

4 years ago

Letter From NJ Public Charter School Association Prez to NJ Dept. of Education re: School Reopenings.

This is a letter from Harry Lee, President of the New Jersey Charter School Association, dated today, to Kevin Dehmer,…

4 years ago