State School Funding

Doing the Math As Newark Superintendent Fattens His Real Estate Portfolio

Newark Superintendent Roger Leon is on a spending spree, a newly-styled real estate magnate with plenty of money to burn…

2 years ago

WALDEN: Why Is the Murphy Administration Protecting This Illegal Preschool Trailer Park?

Robert Walden is a retired investigative evidence photographer who is a qualified expert photography witness. He has been chronicling misconduct…

2 years ago

Fair Funding for Charter Schools Is Wedge Issue in Debate Over Reforming Schools Development Authority

Two years ago the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, responsible for building and renovating facilities in low-income districts, was mired…

2 years ago

JerseyCAN Chief Rebukes State Education Department For Delaying Release of Student Testing Data

Paula White, Executive Director of JerseyCAN, is frustrated with the New Jersey Education Department’s delayed release of last spring's student…

2 years ago

LILLEY: NJ Pays A Large Premium for a Quality Public Education; MA Does More with Less

The NJEA has re-jiggered its website again, and student performance is now at the top of the page.  Perhaps sensing that teachers…

2 years ago

Lakewood’s Looming Fiscal Cliff (a Different One This Time)

It's not often that I get a chance to browse through school board agendas but once in a while I…

2 years ago

Lakewood Macher Sends Out Email Defending Private Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Schools In Backlash To New York Times

On Sunday the New York Times published an article called, "In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money."…

2 years ago

Governor Murphy and DOE Announce Over $26 Million to Expand High-Quality Preschool in 27 School Districts

Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) announced yesterday that 27 school districts will receive Preschool…

2 years ago

Ahead of Murphy’s Trip to White House, Oroho Offers Four Tips for Ending NJ’s Teacher Shortage

(This is a press release.) With Governor Phil Murphy set to visit the White House to brainstorm ending the teacher shortage with…

2 years ago

Newark Superintendent Puts Taxpayers on the Hook for Paying Millions to Private Investing Group

Tom Wiedmann is on a roll: today Tapinto Newark published his third installment (with co-writer Mark Bonamo) of a series…

2 years ago