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November 28, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 28, 2023

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News

Murphy Signs Bill Eliminating Basic Skills Tests for Prospective Teachers

On Monday Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill, co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz, that will allow prospective teachers to bypass a test on […]

November 28, 2023

By Guest Contributor at November 28, 2023

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News
Opinion

The Murphys and the NJEA: Interests Conveniently Aligned

Dr. Marc Gaswirth, a retired public school administrator, has written extensively for more than 40 years about public sector bargaining and school human resources. Governor […]

November 27, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 27, 2023

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EXCLUSIVE: First Peek at Last Spring’s Statewide Test Scores

On Friday news broke that Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan would be exiting the Department of Education in February. The news was dumped on Black […]

November 27, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 27, 2023

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Three Years After Landmark Donation, St. Benedict’s Prep Continues to Grow its Girls Division

It seems like a blink since Lucia Gallo was in eighth grade, sitting in the cafeteria at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark. The topic […]

November 27, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 27, 2023

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SCOOP: Gov. Murphy and NJ Education Commissioner Confirm Her Resignation

Today the Murphy Administration and the New Jersey Department of Education confirmed that Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan will retire effective February 2024. NJER published the […]

November 24, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 24, 2023

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BREAKING: Murphy’s Education Commissioner Is Out in January

This afternoon, buried on Black Friday, news broke that Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan will leave in January. She has served in this position for […]

COMMUNITIES

July 20, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at July 20, 2023

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Newark
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Newark Mayor, Citing Literacy Crisis, Announces 10-Point Plan

Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Chief Education Officer Dr. Sharnee Brown,Newark Board of Education Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning Dr.Mary Ann Reilly, The Newark Library Director […]

July 18, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at July 18, 2023

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LILLEY: NJEA President Is Using Teachers’ Highest-in-the-Nation Dues for His Own Political Ambitions

Looks like NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller is actively pursuing his personal political ambitions, and he’s happy to use New Jersey teachers’ highest-in-the-nation dues to […]

July 17, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 17, 2023

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NEW VIDEO: In Its First Year, Newark Common App Achieves Equity for Families. Here’s How.

NJER TV’s new short video features the New Jersey Children’s Foundation team that created the Newark Common App, launched this past spring to resounding success. […]

OPINION

May 25, 2022

By Laura Waters at May 25, 2022

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COMMENTARY: Yes, Murphy’s DOE Flunked Remote Learning But Let’s Not Get Carried Away

The new Rutgers paper, “Digital Divide, Critical and Crisis-Informatics Perspectives on K-12 Emergency Remote Teaching During the Pandemic,” is a valuable (if jargony) overview of […]

May 20, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at May 20, 2022

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LILLEY: NJ Is #1–At Least In School Closings and Remote Instruction

While the NJEA wants to claim that learning loss did not really occur, a new study by Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research sheds some much-needed light on […]

May 18, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at May 18, 2022

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LILLEY: Deb Cornavaca, the NJEA, and Gov. Murphy Are One Revolving Door of Special-Interest Influence

Well, well, well, as night follows day, a NJEA political organizer cycles into the Murphy administration as a senior officer and then cycles right back […]