November 15, 2023

From South Orange-Maplewood to Asbury Park to Trenton, We’re Lying to Parents and Children

In South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools, where Superintendent Ronald Taylor was abruptly fired two weeks ago, the school board said its decision was based in part […]
November 14, 2023

New Jersey Comes Out (Nearly) on Top For Charter School Student Learning

A study out today by by Paul E. Peterson and M. Danish Shakeel of Harvard University compares charter school student achievement in 35 states and […]
COMMUNITIES
May 25, 2023

LILLEY: Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Owns District’s Enrollment Loss and Teacher Lay-Offs

NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s conflict of interest continues to negatively affect Montclair and its school system.  This time, it’s the dozens of young teachers […]
OPINION
January 26, 2022

ANALYSIS: Fordham’s New Report Nails the Correlation Between Charter School Growth and General Student Success

Today Fordham Institute released a new report, “Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level,” a follow-up to a 2019 study […]