Teacher Safety

Elizabeth District Staff Member Accused of Carrying a Gun Around Kids But No One’s Told the Parents

Walter Evers, a staff member at Elizabeth County Public Schools, has been charged with possession of a handgun with a…

2 years ago

Murphy Signs Critical School Security Legislation to Help First Responders Protect Students and Teachers

Governor Phil Murphy today signed bill S2426 into law, requiring all public and nonpublic schools in New Jersey to submit…

2 years ago

Murphy Will End Weekly Testing in Schools for Unvaccinated Staff

Update: Gov. Murphy just issued the Executive Order. Full text here. In accord with the Centers for Disease Control's new…

2 years ago

Here Are Five Evidence-Based Measures to Reduce School Shootings

Louis Klarevas is a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the author of “Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass…

2 years ago

Woodbridge Parents Plead for a Remote Option As Scientists Investigate Brain Cancer Cluster

In Woodbridge, parents of students at Colonia High School are demanding that the district offer an option of remote instruction…

3 years ago

South Orange-Maplewood Resident Demands School Board Apologize For Unjust Treatment of Second-Grade Teacher

Last night at the South Orange-Maplewood School Board meeting, resident Talya Rothenberg demanded that the School Board formally apologize to…

3 years ago

Cumberland County District Will Have Half-Days All Month Due to Lack of Teachers

How badly are New Jersey schools struggling with Covid regulations and staffing? This badly: middle and high school students in…

3 years ago

Asbury Park Teachers Speak Out: ‘I Would Send My Child Here Over My Dead Body’

Last Friday, in response to pleas from its membership, the leaders of the Asbury Park Education Association released the results…

3 years ago

Did the Teacher in South Orange-Maplewood Really Pull the Student’s Hijab Off?

After countless stories from the likes of the Patch, the Jerusalem Post, and NBC, as well as social media sites…

3 years ago

Jack Ciattarelli and Toms River: Perfect Together

At Tuesday night’s debate, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Jack Ciattarelli doubled down on his belief that the government has no right…

3 years ago