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November 10, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at November 10, 2023

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Murphy Announces Grant Funding for 30 More Preschool Sites

As part of his continued commitment to ensuring universal access to high-quality, full-day preschool throughout New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy announced at today’s New Jersey […]

November 9, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 9, 2023

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New Jersey Teachers Get Schooled in Atlantic City

As teachers stream into the Atlantic City Convention Center for the annual New Jersey Education Association Convention, their phones will suddenly light up with a […]

November 9, 2023

By Oscar James at November 9, 2023

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JAMES: Newark School Board Members Have It Backwards. Here’s How To Get Democracy Back.

After a quarter-century of state control, in 2017 Newark Public Schools finally got the green light to get our district back. This was cause for […]

November 9, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at November 9, 2023

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NJCTL Aims to Address Teacher Shortage In New Jersey Schools

This first appeared in roi.com. New Jersey’s advocates for education are now using such terms as “crisis” and “boiling point” to describe the current teacher […]

November 8, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 8, 2023

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In New Jersey’s Education Culture Wars, Republicans Went Big and (Mostly) Went Home

In the end, New Jersey voted for moderation. That’s my take-away on yesterday’s legislative and school board elections: While Republicans banked on the culture wars— […]

November 8, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at November 8, 2023

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It’s the Prices, Stupid. Parental Rights? Not So Much, Say New Jersey Voters

A poll released yesterday by Rutgers-Eagleton accurately predicted election outcomes: Culture wars over parental rights, gender identity, and book bans took a back seat to […]

COMMUNITIES

June 13, 2023

By Laura Waters at June 13, 2023

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Montclair Mayor/Union President Summons NJEA Pals To School Budget Meeting

What’s going on in Montclair? More specifically, why is Mayor Sean Spiller, who also happens to be president of the New Jersey Education Association, summoning […]

June 13, 2023

By Contributor at June 13, 2023

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The Superintendent Of Newark Public Schools Is Losing His Mind

This is an editorial by the Star-Ledger Editorial Board and was first published here. Newark Superintendent Roger León is proposing a more than $2 billion […]

June 12, 2023

By Staff Writer at June 12, 2023

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Here, Teachers Change Lives–And Everyone Is Celebrating

KIPP New Jersey, a network of free, open-enrollment public charter schools with campuses in Newark and Camden, just hosted its Alumni Summit, immediately followed by […]

OPINION

April 6, 2022

By Laura Waters at April 6, 2022

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ANALYSIS: Two Percent of Newark 4th-Graders Will Meet Expectations in Math. Do We Blame Covid or Newark Leaders?

Last week news broke that 98% of Newark fourth-graders are not expected to meet state expectations in math this spring. This alarming projection didn’t come […]

April 5, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at April 5, 2022

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LILLEY: NJEA Leaders Are Trying To Pretend COVID Learning Loss Didn’t Happen and That’s Hurting Kids

In an article entitled “In-Person Classes Boost Test Scores,” the Wall Street Journal reports that American students are scoring lower on reading and math tests than last year, […]

April 1, 2022

By Oscar James at April 1, 2022

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JAMES: Murphy Has Put Our Children’s Educational Futures at Risk and We’re Fed Up

Most recently, in “Murphy Just Put a Ceiling on my Daughter’s Future,” I wrote about the developing educational crisis here in New Jersey. Thanks to […]