There’s plenty to complain about New Jersey’s “media desert,” sandwiched as we are between those two behemoths New York City and Philadelphia, but let’s give
A new bill sponsored by Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Angela McKnight looks like it may pass quickly during the New Jersey Legislature’s lame duck
Major media is ablaze with dire predictions about imminent teacher shortages due to pandemic stress and burn-out. Certainly, teachers have had a rough time juggling
Last month Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that permits parents, guardians, and any other person having custody over a child in grades K-8 to
Today the New Jersey Education Association PAC endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy and Senate President Steve Sweeney for re-election in November. The Murphy endorsement surprises no
Did you know that in New Jersey only 47% of adults read at middle school-level? In Essex, Hudson, and Passaic counties it’s ten points lower.
Last year the Trump Administration allowed states to waive annual standardized testing due to all-remote instruction. This year the Biden Administration cut states a break,
“Districts have serious needs, and this could help them address equity issues worsened by the virus. But as welcome as this money is, the state’s
Today Dale Chu considers the “well-intentioned offer from the federal government” to give states greater flexibility in mandatory state standardized tests in order to allow
This morning JerseyCAN released the first statewide report that quantifies learning loss for New Jersey students during the COVID-19 school closures and reliance on remote