Social Justice

Does South Orange-Maplewood Have a Jewish Problem or a Profligacy Problem?

The hijab incident at South Orange-Maplewood School District (SOMA) has a new wrinkle although It should have reached its conclusion…

2 years ago

NJEA Forms Lobbying Group To Protect Democracy and Personal Freedom

Protecting Our Democracy, a New Jersey-based 501(c)(4), is announcing the launch of a robust campaign to defend against attacks on…

2 years ago

New Jersey Democratic LGBTQ Group Condemns Belmar School Board Member Remarks

This week Belmar Board of Education member Antoinette Raucci Aumack condemned "homosexuality" as a "sin." In response, New Jersey LGBTQ…

2 years ago

Belmar School Board Member Votes Aye for Homophobia and Nay for Choice

Antoinette Raucci Aumack, a school board member in Belmar, wrote on Facebook that "homosexuality is a sin." Yet she will…

2 years ago

In Wall Township, Colleagues Told Him To Get a Holocaust Number Tattooed On His Arm

In 2016 Brandon Jacobs, a public works and tax collector's office employee in Wall Township, filed a lawsuit against his…

3 years ago

New Survey Results from Asbury Park: ‘The State Needs To Come In and Shut This Place Down’

The Asbury Park Education Association sent out a mid-year climate survey to its 375 members asking their opinions of the…

3 years ago

WRIGHT: A Year After the Capitol Insurrection It’s Unclear Whether We Have Woken Up a Changed Nation

Zach Wright, a New Jersey resident, is an assistant professor of practice at Relay Graduate School of Education serving Philadelphia…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: This Is What Murphy Is Getting Wrong About COVID and Schools

Here we go again. As the list of shuttered New Jersey school districts grows, Governor Phil Murphy remains on mute,…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: What We Lost When We Lost Steve Sweeney

I know I’m late to the party but I join others in mourning the loss of Steve Sweeney as President…

3 years ago

At This Summer Program in Camden, Black Pride and Academic Achievement Go Hand-in-Hand

Erika Asikoye, who grew up in New Jersey, is the Director of the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA) at The Center for…

3 years ago