Senator Teresa Ruiz

Two Problems With Learning Loss Grants Trumpeted by Murphy and NJ Education Department

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy's office and the New Jersey Department of Education made a joint announcement with great fanfare: They…

4 years ago

Senate Education Committee Demands a "Reckoning With Truth," Despite Pleas From NJEA

After the U.S. education system fractured into Zoom screens last spring, experts feared millions of children would fall behind. Hard…

4 years ago

Why Should the State Ed. Dept. Have to Collect Data on Student Learning Loss? Here’s Why.

This is testimony from JerseyCAN Executive Director Patricia Morgan, given yesterday at the Senate Education Committee's hearing on Bill S3214.…

4 years ago

How Often Does a Senate Committee Meeting Remind You of a Trump-Biden Debate?

Today the New Jersey Senate Education Committee is meeting for a full day of hearings on thirteen bills. (See list…

4 years ago

NJ Senate Education Committee to Consider Crucial Bill Later Today.

Heads-up to those who think measuring New Jersey students' learning loss is critical if we are to provide for the…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Some Advice for NJ's New Ed Commissioner: If We Don't Measure, We Can't Fix It

For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by the New Jersey Department of…

4 years ago

Senate Democrats: New Bill Would Require Ed Dept. To Collect Data on Covid Learning Loss

Following the Department of Education’s announcement on statewide assessments and the issuing of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation report on…

4 years ago

We Don’t Just Need COVID Testing, Our Students Need Academic Testing Too

When I was seven months pregnant with my first baby I developed a condition called preeclampsia. It can be quite…

4 years ago

NJ Ed Department Lacks “Sense of Urgency” So Legislators Get Creative.

I’ve been clear — I’m hugely disappointed with the outcomes of the Department of Education. I’m sure they are trying…

4 years ago

New Jersey Schools Failed the Remote Learning Test in March. Here Are 3 Ways to Get September Right.

For the last two years I’ve been reporting on the disarray at the New Jersey Department of Education. Suddenly I’m…

4 years ago