March 29, 2023

NJ Public Education Coalition Demands Murphy Administration Force Districts To Fully Implement New Health Education Standards.

In a March 14th Press Release, the New Jersey Public Education Coalition requested guidance with regard to Local School districts that are failing to completely […]
March 28, 2023

What Are New Jersey’s ‘Hidden Education Funding Cuts’ And How Do We Make the Math Work?

Back in 2018 the New Jersey School Boards Association predicted the Murphy Administration’s new school funding law called S2, which limits property tax increases to […]
March 28, 2023

O’Scanlon & Testa Say Trenton Democrats Are Prioritizing Pork Over School Funding in State Budget

Senator Declan O’Scanlon and Senator Michael Testa said Governor Phil Murphy and legislative Democrats have prioritized funding political pork projects at the expense of schools […]
COMMUNITIES
August 22, 2022

Cure for Chronic Absenteeism and Illiteracy in Asbury Park? Mandatory Uniforms, Says Superintendent.

Asbury Park Superintendent Rashawn Adams wants a fresh start. After all, he oversees a district where last year 51% of students were chronically absent, 91% of […]
August 17, 2022

Newark Leaders Are Poor Role Models For Low-Income Students

https://twitter.com/KyleRosenkrans/status/1559140644542681088 That’s the gist of what’s going on in Newark. With the support of Superintendent Roger Leon, Mayor Ras Baraka, and the Newark School Board, […]
OPINION
August 30, 2021

COMMENTARY: Murphy Dwells in Denial While Parents and School Leaders Plead for Remote Options

“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt,” said Mark Twain, but that riverbed is where our mulish Governor has planted his flag. It was back […]
August 26, 2021

LILLEY: Montville Teacher Pleads With Fellow Teachers to Quit NJEA and Save $1,500 in Annual Dues

(Opinions by our guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of NJER.) Courageous Montville teacher Mark Mansour made an inspiring and impassioned plea to his […]
August 25, 2021

LILLEY: Is NJ Working Families Alliance Serving as a ‘Dark Money’ Front for the NJEA?

Sunlight was recently on Twitter asking whether New Jersey Working Families Alliance’s (NJWFA) executive director Sue Altman’s anti-charter school invective had something to do with the […]