STEM Education

What Does the Teacher Shortage Mean for Students and School Leaders?

Sarah Tantillo, Ed.D. is the author of "The Literacy Cookbook" and "Hit the Drum: An Insider’s Account of How the…

2 years ago

VIDEO: We Can’t Address Teacher Shortage Without Disrupting the Status Quo

Amid the unceasing chatter about teacher shortages—throughout the country as well as in New Jersey—it’s well worth your time to…

2 years ago

Amid Teacher Shortages, Murphy’s Ed Department Doesn’t Even Pick Up the Phone

Waiting 45 minutes on hold during a lunch break and having to hang up without ever gettting through. Months elapsing…

3 years ago

How Low Can You Go With Math Standards? Educators Fight Back.

The following letter expresses "alarm" at the dumbing-down of math standards, with particular reference to a new initiative in California…

3 years ago

Is There Really a Teacher Shortage in NJ? Let’s All Take a Deep Breath

Major media is ablaze with dire predictions about imminent teacher shortages due to pandemic stress and burn-out. Certainly, teachers have…

3 years ago

LILLEY: Gov. Murphy Takes Care of His NJEA Pals Over Kids in Poor School Districts. Where Is Mark Weber and NJPP?

NJ Ed Report published an excellent report yesterday about how the NJEA’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is sending unqualified…

3 years ago

Sources Confirm Murphy Placates Teachers Union by Placing Unqualified Teachers in Schools

Last week a brave staff member at the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) allowed me to publish his commentary…

3 years ago

Whistleblower Calls Foul: This NJ Department of Education Teacher-Training Program Is Bogus

This is a guest editorial by a staff member of the New Jersey Department of Education who wishes to remain…

3 years ago

KIPP Educator Wins Amazon Teacher of the Year

When high-school computer science teacher Harold Brown walked through the doors of KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy (NCA), his colleagues surprised…

3 years ago