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November 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 7, 2023

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News

Black Parents Workshop: Firing SOMA Superintendent Is Not Racist But What Black Students Need

Walter Fields, founder of the Black Parents Workshop of South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools District (SOMA), released a statement regarding last Friday’s firing of Superintendent Ronald […]

November 7, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at November 7, 2023

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South Orange-Maplewood Board VP Issues Statement on Firing of Superintendent

November 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 7, 2023

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Newark Teachers Union Sues the District For Refusing to Share Racism Report

Last week the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) filed a lawsuit In Superior Court demanding that Newark Public Schools release a report on on anti-Black racism […]

November 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 7, 2023

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News

JUST OUT: New Jersey Uses ‘Weak’ Elementary Teacher Licensure Tests That Don’t Tell Us If Teachers Can Teach Kids To Read

In a new analysis out today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use […]

November 6, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 6, 2023

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In South Orange-Maplewood School District, a ‘Haven of Progressiveness,’ It’s Not So Black and White

On Friday night, late into the South Orange-Maplewood school board public meeting, the board voted 6-3 to place Superintendent Ronald Taylor on administrative leave until […]

November 6, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 6, 2023

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News

South Orange-Maplewood School Board’s Statement on Firing of Superintendent

Story to follow. The following statement is from SOMSD Board of Education President Kaitlin Wittleder: Statement from SOMSD Board of Education On behalf of the […]

COMMUNITIES

June 12, 2023

By Contributor at June 12, 2023

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SIEGEL: Montclair’s Morass of Greed and Dysfunction

Lee Siegel is a City Journal contributing editor (where this first appeared) and the author of seven books, including, most recently, Why Argument Matters. Recently, my family watched on […]

June 9, 2023

By Contributor at June 9, 2023

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COSBY: Murphy’s Education Department and Local Districts Must Start Listening to Parents

Tafshier Cosby has three adult children and three grandchildren. She is the CEO of Parent Impact and the senior director of organizing and partnership at the National Parents […]

June 8, 2023

By Oscar James at June 8, 2023

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JAMES: Three Reasons Why Newark Voters Don’t Show Up For School Board Elections

On April 25th, Newark voters had a chance to select their representatives for our city’s Board of Education and whether or not to approve next […]

OPINION

March 31, 2022

By Contributor at March 31, 2022

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FRANKEL: Phil Murphy’s Fear of Owning What He Says Makes It Hard To Be a Democrat Right Now

Matthew Frankel worked in the Clinton White House, the Office of House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt, and is a veteran of a variety of Democratic […]

March 29, 2022

By Laura Waters at March 29, 2022

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COMMENTARY: Is Biden Really Trying To ‘Yank Students Out of Schools Their Parents Chose’? So Murphy.

The Biden Administration just released new rules for applicants to the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP), which is supposed to help public charters with start-up expenses […]

March 24, 2022

By Laura Waters at March 24, 2022

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NJER Commentary

In Wall Township, Colleagues Told Him To Get a Holocaust Number Tattooed On His Arm

In 2016 Brandon Jacobs, a public works and tax collector’s office employee in Wall Township, filed a lawsuit against his Monmouth County municipality documenting a […]