Student Achievement

New Jersey Officially Becomes the First State in the Nation to Integrate Climate Change Education Across its K-12 Standards

(This is a press release.) In June of 2020 First Lady Tammy Murphy announced that the New Jersey State Board…

2 years ago

JEFFERSON: Newark Parents, Fed Up With District Schools and Phil Murphy, Demand Educational Change

Reverend David Jefferson, Sr. Esq is the senior pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, the largest Congregation in the City…

2 years ago

Newark District Celebrates ‘Historic’ First Day of School

(This is a press release.) Today, marks a historic moment in Newark’s history, as over 38,000 students returned back from…

2 years ago

Asbury Park Parents Protest Possible Cancellation of Football Season Due to Low Student Achievement

Last Friday Asbury Park Superintendent Rashawn Adams announced the varsity football team, the Blue Bishops, would forfeit their first game…

2 years ago

Just-Released National Test Scores Show How School Closures Decimated Student Learning Over Last Two Years

Today the National Assessment for Educational Progress, or NAEP, released test scores for fourth-graders, mostly nine years old, and they…

2 years ago

Newark District’s Deal With Private Investor Falls Through and Superintendent Knew About Malfeasance

On Friday Summit Assets, a private investing group that had a contract with Newark Public Schools to build a new…

2 years ago

As 60,000 Students Return to Public Charters, Murphy’s Education Department Should Listen to Their Parents

Support among voters and parents for public charter schools is high following student achievement results that proved charter schools accelerated…

2 years ago

PETRILLI, GRIFFITH, ROSENKRANS: Gov. Murphy, Listen To the Evidence and Let Newark Charters Expand

Michael J. Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. David Griffith is the institute’s associate director for…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Forget About the ‘Math Wars’ and Look at Corey and Kyela

Let’s start with a history lesson: in 1882, before computers, software engineering, and artificial intelligence were even a glint in…

3 years ago

EL-MEKKI: We Have an Education Crisis in Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

Sharif El-Mekki is the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. He is a former principal of…

3 years ago