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September 14, 2023

By Guest Contributor at September 14, 2023

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Opinion

NJ Mother Fears Groups Like Moms For Liberty Are Cancelling Her Parental Rights

Ellen S. Wilkowe is a former journalist, freelance writer, and mom of a Denville middle-schooler. This first appeared in nj.com. In order for my eighth-grade daughter […]

September 14, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at September 14, 2023

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Press Release

New Poll: Only One Out of Four NJ Democrats Think Their Schools Are Great and Many Worry About Guns

While New Jersey residents gave mixed reviews on their local schools based on where they live, most believe the schools are safe, even though guns […]

September 13, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 13, 2023

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At Asbury Park Superintendent’s Request, A Comparison With Lakewood Public Schools

This morning’s Asbury Park Press has an article about Asbury Park Public Schools featuring superintendent Rashawn Adams, who complains about what he says are drastic […]

September 13, 2023

By Guest Contributor at September 13, 2023

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News
Opinion

GASWIRTH: When School Employee Absences Increase Sharply, Will Learning Be Further Compromised?

Dr. Marc Gaswirth is a retired public school administrator who has written extensively for more than 40 years about public sector bargaining and school human […]

September 12, 2023

Q&A: COVID and All, How Is This Trenton Public Charter School Beating the Odds? | NJ Education Report

By Laura Waters at September 12, 2023

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Q&A: COVID and All, How Is This Trenton Public Charter School Beating the Odds?

Foundation Academies Charter School in Trenton, now in its fifteenth year of operation, is a public charter school that serves 10% of all Trenton public […]

September 12, 2023

By Guest Contributor at September 12, 2023

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News

GOLDEN: Backlash Against the DOE’s Prioritizing Schools Over Parent Rights Has NJ Dems on the Defensive

Carl Golden is an analyst with the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University. This first appeared at InsiderNJ. Historically, legislative elections […]

COMMUNITIES

March 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at March 21, 2023

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Lakewood Demands Another State Loan It Will Never Pay Back

Talk about inflation! Lakewood Public Schools District just introduced its 2023-20224 budget which comes in at $264.4 million. In order to balance the books, the […]

March 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at March 21, 2023

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Montclair Shows Us What’s Wrong With Our Tenure System

Maria Francisco is principal of Renaissance Middle School, part of the Montclair Public Schools District. Parent Leslie Rubisch says Francisco, who is a gay woman […]

March 16, 2023

Lakewood Leaders Celebrate Court Victory Over State Department of Education | NJER

By Staff Writer at March 16, 2023

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Lakewood Leaders Celebrate Court Victory Over State Department of Education

Last week a New Jersey Appellate Court ruled against Gov. Phil Murphy’s Education Department and in favor of Lakewood math teacher Arthur Lang and Education […]

OPINION

August 30, 2021

By Laura Waters at August 30, 2021

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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

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at August 26, 2021

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Opinion

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

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at August 25, 2021

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Opinion

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 […]