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August 24, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at August 24, 2023

Topic

Opinion

LILLEY: This Group Is Intimidating Parents Who Push Back On Gender Identity Guidelines

Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and New Jersey Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) are trying to intimidate school boards and parents who dared to opt their […]

August 23, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 23, 2023

Topic

Newark
News

Two Newark Teachers Promise Legal Action Against District’s Failure To Protect Black Educators

Tammy Davis and Nubia Lumumba, English teachers at Newark’s School of Global Studies. resigned at the end of last school year due to “harassment and […]

August 23, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at August 23, 2023

Topic

Press Release

JerseyCAN: It’s Time For the Education Department to Honestly Address Our Failure To Teach Children to Read

JerseyCAN, the only statewide advocacy organization in New Jersey committed to ensuring access to high-quality public schools for every child regardless of zip code, cultural […]

August 23, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at August 23, 2023

Topic

Press Release

Bucco Says Murphy Administration Should Stay Out of Parent-Child Relationships

In response to a lawsuit filed by the attorney general against multiple school districts over parental notification policies, Senate Republican Leader Anthony M. Bucco said […]

August 22, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 22, 2023

Topic

Doing the Math in Asbury Park

Here are two take-aways from Asbury Park Board of Education’s meeting last month. First, Statistics aren’t reliable when they’re crafted duplicitously and without context. Second, […]

August 22, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 22, 2023

Topic

New Monmouth Poll: 77% Of Voters Believe Parents Should Be Notified When A Child Questions Gender Identity

According to a poll released today by Monmouth University, a majority of New Jerseyans, including parents, approve of teaching about gender identity in high school, […]

COMMUNITIES

February 23, 2023

By Laura Waters at February 23, 2023

Topic

Asbury Park Students Win a Battle, With All Bets Off on the War

The Asbury Park Board of Education will meet tonight in the hopes, one assumes, that this meeting will go better than the last one. There, […]

February 23, 2023

By Contributor at February 23, 2023

Topic

Newark

ROSENKRANS: Hype Aside, Newark Charter Growth Does Not Lead to District Closures

Kyle Rosenkrans is a first-generation college graduate from New Jersey who went on to become a civil rights attorney, law professor, and public policy advocate. […]

February 16, 2023

By Laura Waters at February 16, 2023

Topic

Asbury Park Sources Shed Light On Districtwide Dysfunction

Inside sources at Asbury Park Public Schools continue to send in information, particularly about Asbury High School where families remain incensed by the Administration’s failure […]

OPINION

July 26, 2021

By Contributor at July 26, 2021

Topic

Opinion

MCKENNA: Is Autism a Normal Human Variation or Freddie Kruger? Wisdom From a Mom

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her here (www.lauramckenna.com). This article was originally published at Laura McKenna’s Substack newsletter. […]

July 22, 2021