School Safety

School Safety Roundup, Post Uvalde: Are Armed Security Guards the Answer?

In the aftermath of the murders of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, New Jersey legislators are proposing…

2 years ago

Bucco Proposes Bill To Identify and Report Potential School Violence

(This is a press release.) In light of recent events, Senator Anthony M. Bucco said it’s important for legislators, school…

2 years ago

New NJ GOP Bill Would Hire Retired Vets To Protect Schools and Lock All Doors

(This is a press release.) Today, Congressman Jefferson Van Drew announced that he is drafting the "Stronger Schools Act" which…

2 years ago

VIDEO: Newark Superintendent Wants You To Send Your Kid To the 9th Worst School in New Jersey

In 2013, then-Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson was asked about Malcolm X Shabazz High School after an article in the Star-Ledger…

2 years ago

‘We Can’t Breathe’: Elizabeth City Community Members Assail District Leadership

At Elizabeth Board of Education’s public meeting last Thursday, racist social media posts by Superintendent Olga Hugelmeyer’s husband weren’t the…

2 years ago

Westfield Schools Shaken By Outbreaks of Anti-Semitism

(Photo courtesy of TapInto.) This past August, in wealthy Westfield, residents were shocked to find a swastika etched into playground…

3 years ago

If Montclair Spends So Much on Facilities, Why Are Its Buildings Falling Apart?

“If our main focus is to contain the spread of COVID this winter,” Arthur Samuels argued yesterday, “making kindergarteners eat…

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

Q&A: Meet the Team Behind the Local Foundation Pushing for Educational Innovation

Three years ago Kyle Rosenkrans, a first-generation college graduate, civil rights lawyer, law professor, and public policy advocate, founded the…

3 years ago

Jersey City Mom: Gov. Murphy, You Are Endangering My Health By Mandating In-Person Instruction

This is a letter (lightly edited) to Gov. Phil Murphy, written by Shanna Givens of Jersey City, who has an…

3 years ago