March 8, 2021
Last Wednesday, March 3, the New Jersey State Board of Education held its monthly Public Meeting. On the agenda was a presentation on Start Strong […]
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March 5, 2021
Last Fall the New Jersey Department of Education offered “Start Strong” assessments to all school districts. The DOE described these free tests as a “quick,” […]
March 3, 2021
More white voters than Black voters (and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic voters) trust the vaccine, have been vaccinated themselves, would send their kids into classrooms, and think the state is moving too slowly reopening schools.
March 3, 2021
This is a statement from New Jersey Education Association President Marie Blistan regarding Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement on Monday that pre-K-12 educators and support staff […]
March 1, 2021
South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools District (SOMSD) is in an uproar: Parents and school district representatives insist it’s safe to reopen but teacher union leaders claim […]
March 1, 2021
This morning, on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” Gov. Phil Murphy announced that, beginning in two weeks, pre-kindergarten-12th grade teachers and support staff will be […]
February 26, 2021
.Yesterday the New Jersey State Department of Education issued instructions on how it will collect local assessment data. [An earlier version of this post incorrectly […]
February 25, 2021
I’ve been an empty nester since the pandemic began — happily free of the burden of managing children’s virtual learning along with all the other […]
February 25, 2021
New Jersey Senators Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) have introduced a bill that would allow parents/guardians to request that their child repeat the […]
February 24, 2021
Twenty-eight states in the U.S. are prioritizing K-12 public school teachers for covid-19 vaccine eligibility but New Jersey is not one of them. Last month […]
February 24, 2021
Jersey City Public Schools, the state’s second largest district which educates over 30,000 students, is claiming poverty: It has a projected 2021-2022 budget shortfall of […]
February 23, 2021
This afternoon Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his 2022 Budget Address. Below are some education-relevant notes, reactions from insiders, and the pre-K-12th grade education section of […]