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January 2, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 2, 2024

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Asbury Park Administrators: ‘We Have Arrived At a Crisis’

Thursday evening the Asbury Park Board of Education will have its annual reorganization meeting, typically a humdrum affair with selection of officers and lots of […]

January 2, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 2, 2024

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News

BREAKING: South Orange-Maplewood Principal Out Under Mysterious Circumstances

Today families and staff in the South Orange-Maplewood School District received a letter from Acting Superintendent of Schools Kevin Gilbert advising them that Columbia High […]

December 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 21, 2023

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NJ’s Teacher Evaluation Law Is Not Dead Yet (Cue Monty Python)

New Jersey’s teacher evaluation system—once celebrated for ensuring that students will be taught by effective instructors—has suffered a long, slow deterioration. Yet it’s not too […]

December 21, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 21, 2023

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News
Opinion

CIATTARELLI: This Is Why NJ Needs Education Reform

Jack Ciattarelli, the 2021 Republican nominee for New Jersey governor and a likely 2025 gubernatorial candidate, first published this in the NJ Herald. A new New […]

December 21, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 21, 2023

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News
Opinion

Roxbury Board of Ed Gives Thumbs Up to State Transgender Policy

Fred Snowflack is a columnist for InsiderNJ. For the second time in a few weeks, a board of education has reaffirmed a state policy that protects […]

December 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 21, 2023

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What The Heck Is Going On In Asbury Park Today?

Asbury Park Public Schools is aroil with suspense after news broke an hour ago that Superintendent Rashawn Adams has announced a “press conference” for noon […]

COMMUNITIES

July 28, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 28, 2023

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New Analysis: Post-COVID, New Jersey’s Achievement Gaps Have Become Gulfs

AssessmentHQ, a project from the Collaborative for Student Success, just released its most recent state-by-state database on how the COVID-19 school disruptions have affected student […]

July 26, 2023

By Contributor at July 26, 2023

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BARAKA: 10 Actions We Can Take To Get Students Back on Track

Ras Baraka is the mayor of the City of Newark. This first appeared on nj.com. We can learn a valuable lesson from the Maasai tribe […]

July 25, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 25, 2023

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Asbury Park Students Beat the Odds—When Given the Chance

College Achieve Greater Asbury Park (CAPS) is garnering accolades for student academic growth. An article in today’s Asbury Park Press (paywalled) notes that the charter […]

OPINION

April 19, 2022

By Contributor at April 19, 2022

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PETRILLI, GRIFFITH, ROSENKRANS: Gov. Murphy, Listen To the Evidence and Let Newark Charters Expand

Michael J. Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. David Griffith is the institute’s associate director for research and the author of […]

April 12, 2022

By Laura Waters at April 12, 2022

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COMMENTARY: Forget About the ‘Math Wars’ and Look at Corey and Kyela

Let’s start with a history lesson: in 1882, before computers, software engineering, and artificial intelligence were even a glint in the nation’s eye, a group […]

April 8, 2022

By Contributor at April 8, 2022

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Opinion

Will Starting High Schools Later Create Different Problems?

Rob Jennings is a reporter at Advance Media, where this first appeared. 5:48 a.m. That’s when my alarm went off during my long-ago high school […]