Senator Teresa Ruiz

As Top Staffers Depart, Murphy’s Education Department is Strained, Understaffed, and Lacking ‘Institutional Knowledge’

Kevin Dehmer, a 16-year veteran and leader at the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education, handed in his resignation letter late…

2 years ago

Senate Leaders Teresa Ruiz and Vin Gopal Kick Off JerseyCAN’s Summer Parent Advocacy Program

New Parent Summer School Provides Resources, Tools, and Support to Advocate Effectively Within Local Communities. As New Jerseyans get ready…

2 years ago

Murphy and NJEA Promised Taxpayer Relief From Healthcare Premiums—But It’s Going To Cost Us Instead

To the surprise of the entire New Jersey State Legislature as well as school districts and school staff, the Murphy…

2 years ago

NJ Education Department: In September All Districts Must Test Students Grades 4-10 to Measure COVID Learning Loss

In spite of blowback from a member of the New Jersey State Board of Education and other allies, the Murphy…

2 years ago

Murphy, Says New Report, Is Eyeing the Presidency While Cheating Students and Teachers

Mike Lilley of Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey has a new analysis out called, "Before You Go, Gov. Murphy,…

3 years ago

Montclair Politicos React To Take-Down of Teacher Union President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller

Today the Montclair Local has a piece on the community reaction to an op-ed posted in NJ Ed Report by…

3 years ago

NJ Education Department Staffer: We’re Putting Underqualified Teachers Into Classrooms

The author is a New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) staff member who wishes to remain anonymous. Thank you for…

3 years ago

Why Isn’t the Murphy Administration Taking Student Math Loss Seriously?

Imagine that you go in for your annual medical bloodwork and something alarming turns up: say, your platelets are through…

3 years ago

Star-Ledger Editorial Board Pounds Incompetence of Murphy’s Education Department

It's not often that an entire Editorial Board of New Jersey's paper of record (if the Garden State has such…

3 years ago

JerseyCAN–Once Again–Fills the Vacuum Left By Murphy Administration’s Education Department

Yesterday the Star-Ledger published a long interview with Patricia Morgan, executive director of the education policy watchdog group JerseyCAN and…

3 years ago