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January 11, 2023

State Charter Association Awards Grants to Top-Performing Schools That Serve Needy Families–Contingent on Murphy’s Education Department’s Response

Ed. Note: Two of the three schools receiving these grants—Trenton’s Achievers Early Charter School and Paul Robeson Charter School—were denied expansion plans last year, despite […]
November 22, 2022

Chemistry Council of NJ’s Education Foundation Donates $20,000 To Support Trenton 9th Grade Academy’s Science Lab

The New Jersey Chemistry Council Education Foundation, which has raised more than $225,000 to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education and the many […]
November 21, 2022

Her Future is In the Hands of Murphy’s Education Department #LetMeLearn

In New Jersey, 20,000 students are on wait lists for public charter schools. Meanwhile, the Murphy Administration has reversed seven previously-approved expansions and approved only […]
October 7, 2022

Three Adults Charged With Inciting a Riot at Trenton Central High; District Issues Statement, DOE Sits on Its Hands

Back in June, L.A. Parker of the Trentonian noted that “nothing had changed” at Trenton Central High School since 2005 when a riot of hundreds […]
September 7, 2022

Charter School Families Struggle As Murphy’s Education Department Ignores ‘Clear Objective Data’

Yesterday’s New Jersey Monitor dives into the consequences of the Murphy Administration’s denial last spring of nine expansion requests from the highest-performing public charter schools […]
August 30, 2022

Judge Slams Trenton City Council President’s Refusal to Approve District Budget and Orders Compliance

Late yesterday Mercer County Judge Robert Lougy put an end to Trenton City Council President Kathy McBride’s antics—she was refusing to “approve” the local portion […]
August 17, 2022

Trenton Schools, Teachers Union, and NJEA Press Court to Save Jobs and Programs from Wrath of City Council President

Trenton Public Schools District now has company as it tries to repair the damage from City Council President Kathy McBride’s refusal to approve $24.2 million […]