October 18, 2023
You know something’s up when the incumbents for a school board race criticize their own district. That’s what’s happening in Asbury Park. There, six candidates […]
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October 16, 2023
Gemar Mills, a former principal of Newark’s Malcom X. Shabazz High School, is Chief Academic Officer at College Achieve Public Schools, a public charter network […]
October 13, 2023
The author is a community member of Asbury Park who wishes to remain anonymous. Editor’s Note: we have added a few links and contextual notes. […]
October 3, 2023
Yesterday at Asbury Park’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, every teacher wore black. They were protesting—and mourning—the decision, either by principal Perry Medina or […]
September 29, 2023
The author of this article describes himself as an “Asbury Park community member hoping to improve the district.” He wishes to remain anonymous. The views […]
September 27, 2023
“They lurch from crisis to crisis, in management, in governance, stable governance, support from the community and so forth,” said David Sciarra, director of the […]
September 13, 2023
This morning’s Asbury Park Press has an article about Asbury Park Public Schools featuring superintendent Rashawn Adams, who complains about what he says are drastic […]
August 30, 2023
U.S. News and World Report just came out with its new rankings of high schools throughout the country and within states. According to national rankings, […]
August 24, 2023
JerseyCAN pulls no punches in its latest report, “Leveraging Literacy: The Path to Education Recovery in New Jersey.” Looking closely at reading levels of New […]
August 22, 2023
Here are two take-aways from Asbury Park Board of Education’s meeting last month. First, Statistics aren’t reliable when they’re crafted duplicitously and without context. Second, […]
August 17, 2023
Asbury Park Public Schools has become an emblem of New Jersey’s failure to effectively intervene in district dysfunction while local families pay the price. In fact, […]
July 31, 2023
According to inside sources at Asbury Park schools, the Administration, with complicity of the majority of the school board, is once again engaging in nepotism. […]