April 27, 2026
New research, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), shows that New Jersey is one of 36 states where public student […]
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April 8, 2026
One of the signs of school district dysfunction is rapid turnover of superintendents and, once again, we turn to Asbury Park, the tiny shore district […]
April 1, 2026
Tuesday morning the New Jersey Globe published an op-ed by Newark Superintendent Roger Leon called “Newark Invests in Children, Not Soundbites.” Leon is on the […]
February 25, 2026
U.S. Senator Andy Kim is concerned about the plight of students enrolled in Asbury Park Public Schools. At a meeting last week at St. Stephen […]
February 19, 2026
From Montclair to Hackensack to Perth Amboy to Jefferson Township, we hear regular reports of school districts running out of money, sometimes due to lax […]
February 6, 2026
As the sun rose over Trenton on Monday, Feb. 2, something powerful was already underway outside Foundation Academies public charter school. Policymakers, firefighters, corporate executives, athletes, and […]
February 3, 2026
Lakewood Public Schools is fighting back against a planned state takeover, planning to spend $115,000 in a legal challenge to the Department of Education’s Order […]
February 2, 2026
Last week the New Jersey Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer, in his last decision for the Murphy Administration, announced the renewal of 22 public charter schools. […]
January 21, 2026
New Governor Mikie Sherrill, a resident of the hipster paradise of Montclair, recently shared her belief that New Jersey parents can buy their way into […]
January 15, 2026
New Jersey Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer just announced (see press release below) that the Department of Education will take over Lakewood Public Schools. The ruling […]
November 19, 2025
“We love our schools, and we repeat that mantra to ourselves even in the face of mounting evidence that we have let them languish.” That’s […]
October 29, 2025
In Trenton Public Schools, according to the New Jersey Department of Education, six percent of third-graders read at grade level. That means out of the […]