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October 9, 2023

By Contributor at October 9, 2023

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Randolph Parents Demand Remedies to District Overspending, Falling Test Scores, and Hostile Culture

Gerlando Termini is a senior web application engineer at The CUNY Graduate Center. Born and raised in Italy, he received his MS in Computer Science […]

October 9, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 9, 2023

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News

More than Brushes and Blushes: Cosmetology Program at Specialized School Fosters Skills and Self-Confidence

As someone who spent a decade working at a salon, Joshua Guzman’s new role at High Point School at Bergen County now has him working […]

October 9, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 9, 2023

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News

Yes, Some NJ Schools Are Segregated, Says Judge in New Ruling, But Let’s Not Get Carried Away.

On Friday, in a highly anticipated ruling in a statewide school desegregation case, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy rejected the argument by lawyers […]

October 6, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 6, 2023

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News

Can Highland Park Revoke the Tenure Rights of a Staff Member? This Teacher Wants an Answer.

At the Highland Park Board of Education meeting on May 5th, 2014, according to official district minutes, Deana Frayne, a first-grade teacher at the district’s Irving Primary […]

October 6, 2023

By Guest Contributor at October 6, 2023

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This Newark School Shows How the Science of Reading Works

Therese Jacob is a writer for TapintoNewark, where this first appeared. If there is a science to how young students learn to read, then North […]

October 5, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at October 5, 2023

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LILLEY: We Know For Sure NJEA Doesn’t Want Teachers To Know Their First Amendment Rights. Here’s the Smoking Gun.

We now have incontrovertible confirmation that the NJEA is trying to keep teachers in the dark about their 1st Amendment rights. A recent New Jersey […]

COMMUNITIES

April 18, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 18, 2023

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Asbury Park Third-Graders Need More Than Phonics To Learn to Read: Here’s What We’re Missing

In the wake of Tapinto Newark’s damning analysis of Newark district students’ exceedingly low levels of literacy—just 3% of third-graders at Avon Elementary School are […]

April 18, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 18, 2023

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Murphy’s Education Commissioner on the Hot Seat at Legislative Hearing: ‘These Numbers Are Deplorable.’

At today’s Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting, Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan was in the hot seat, particularly when Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz was […]

April 17, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 17, 2023

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Three Out of Four Newark District Students Can’t Read: Where Do We Go From Here?

According to a new analysis of recent data from New Jersey’s state standardized tests, nearly 73% of Newark School District’s third through eighth graders aren’t […]

OPINION

September 8, 2021

By Laura Waters at September 8, 2021

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COMMENTARY: With Ban on Remote Instruction, Murphy Misses a Political Opportunity and Jayden’s Family Pays the Price

Last week’s Star-Ledger had a heart-breaking story about the Almazan family of Wanaque, New Jersey. Eight-year-old Jayden is slated to start school tomorrow but his […]

September 8, 2021

By Oscar James at September 8, 2021

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Don’t Worry Newark, Nothing Has Changed…. And I Sure Ain’t Done!

As many of you may remember, I started this blog for really one reason — like so many other Newark parents during COVID, I could […]

August 31, 2021

By Laura Waters at August 31, 2021

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COMMENTARY: Sue Altman and Keith Benson Boil With Rage at Camden Parents

Yesterday the Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article about the beautiful new $133 million Camden High School building, which will house 1,200 students. And that’terrible news. […]