Teacher Voices

NJ Teachers: You’re Trapped in a System That Sucks Union Dues Out of Your Paychecks

President Will Swaim of the California Policy Center wrote a new year’s letter to CPC subscribers decrying the “legal corruption” by California’s…

4 years ago

Doing the Math in Lakewood: COVID Rates, Laptop Access, and Student Outcomes

Transparency is not Lakewood Public School District's middle name. According to Gustavo Martinez Contreras of the Asbury Park Press, while…

4 years ago

Half-Truths: A Look Inside New Jersey’s Schools During a Pandemic

Sarah Mulhern Gross is a National Board-certified English teacher at High Technology High School, a magnet school in Lincroft, New…

4 years ago

KIPP Solves Working Parents' Remote Learning Problems: Evening Instruction!

Via CNN, KIPP NJ has figured out a novel way to accommodate parents who work days yet are concerned about…

4 years ago

Resolution of Gun Incident at Asbury Park High School

This past March NJ Left Behind broke news that a student at Asbury Park High School was caught with a…

4 years ago

As Lakewood’s COVID Cases Rise, Teachers Plead for Hybrid Instruction.

As far as we are concerned, 47 cases is 47 cases too many. As we begin flu season and COVID…

4 years ago

Lilley: If NJ Teachers Want a Solvent Pension System, They Must Demand Change.

The Star-Ledger reports that NJ’s pension investments earned 1.2% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.  This is far below the 7.5%…

4 years ago

Middletown Parent: Teacher’s #BlackLivesMatter Sign Was Censored But Not a MAGA Flag?

This is a letter from David Cohen, a Middletown High School parent, in response to the school board's decision to…

4 years ago

For White Teachers of Black Children.

This is a guest post by Mark Joseph, a sixth-grade math teacher at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark, where he…

4 years ago

Why Are Medically-Compromised Students Going Back to School in a Week? They’re Following State Guidelines.

We are not a hospital. We are not a summer camp. We are not a test for the thousands of…

4 years ago