June 10, 2021
Reginald Mirthil, the principal of Thurgood Marshall Upper Elementary School, has been suspended. On Tuesday he sent out a tweet that led to a lockdown […]
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June 9, 2021
Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit focused on dramatically changing education and life outcomes for underserved children, has been assisting public districts across the country […]
June 8, 2021
Update: All schools are now open. Asbury Park High School, the only school in the city where citizens can vote (today is Primary Day), is […]
June 3, 2021
Community Members Ask, ‘Why Doesn’t the State Department of Education Pay Attention to Asbury Park?’
Any close observer of Asbury Park School Board meetings witnesses the hold Gov. Phil Murphy’s pick for State Education Commissioner, Lamont Repollet, continues to exert […]
June 3, 2021
This is a message, emailed yesterday afternoon, to all Asbury Park teachers at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Upper Elementary School. It was sent by […]
June 2, 2021
Tonight at 7 pm the Asbury Park Board of Education was scheduled to hold a “Special Meeting” to interview candidates to replace Superintendent Sancha Gray. […]
June 1, 2021
For certain New Jerseyans, a favorite sport is attacking New Jersey’s public charter schools. One popular move is to lambaste charters for signing leases for […]
June 1, 2021
This is a guest editorial by Gene Bouie, long-time member of the Trenton Board of Education. It originally appeared in the Trentonian. For context, the […]
May 27, 2021
The most recent battle in the endless war between Lakewood Public Schools and the State Department of Education just resulted in a loss for a […]
May 26, 2021
Three Newark district high schools —Science Park (an exclusive magnet), Central High School, and Newark Vocatinal High School— are losing their principals. The principal at […]
May 26, 2021
The headline says it all in today’s Trentonian: “Trenton Public Schools board hires new superintendent with prior district experience.” That’s true: the district hasn’t had […]
May 25, 2021
You may be wondering why I’ve been paying so much attention to Asbury Park. It’s this: In 2017 when Gov. Phil Murphy chose Asbury Park’s […]