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September 13, 2023

By Guest Contributor at September 13, 2023

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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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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 […]

September 12, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 12, 2023

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SCOOP: Sussex County GOP Launches Anti-Murphy ‘Sex Ed Mandates’ Campaign

The Sussex County Republican Party is releasing a billboard campaign that will attack the Murphy Administration for its “Sex Ed Mandates,” claiming “no family is […]

September 11, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 11, 2023

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Parents, Take Heed: Your Child’s Report Card Isn’t Accurate

When parents want to gauge their children’s learning, their first stop is often report cards. Yet a new study from the test company ACT shows […]

September 11, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 11, 2023

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Opinion

LILLEY: As NJEA Enrollments Drops, Our Teachers Pay the Highest Dues in the Nation

We have independent confirmation of our blog post on Tuesday, where we reported that the NJEA raised teachers’ dues to $1,038 a year, the highest […]

COMMUNITIES

March 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at March 7, 2023

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ANALYSIS: The Lakewood School Funding Decision Is Bigger Than a Blow For the Murphy Administration

In a big win for Lakewood budget hawks and a big loss for the Murphy Administration, a New Jersey Appellate Court just ruled that the […]

March 6, 2023

By Contributor at March 6, 2023

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LEE: Black Leadership In Schools Spells Success for Black Students

Dominique Lee is the CEO of BRICK Education Network, a community education development corporation based in Newark, New Jersey, that invests in children and their […]

March 3, 2023

By Staff Writer at March 3, 2023

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Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children Increases Scholarship Amount for 40th Anniversary

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) is increasing the amount of money it gives to students attending Archdiocese of […]

OPINION

July 15, 2021

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at July 15, 2021

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LILLEY: Gov. Murphy Takes Care of His NJEA Pals Over Kids in Poor School Districts. Where Is Mark Weber and NJPP?

NJ Ed Report published an excellent report yesterday about how the NJEA’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is sending unqualified teachers to teach in high-poverty […]

July 13, 2021

By Contributor at July 13, 2021

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Opinion

5 Ways a Therapy Dog Can Make a Difference for Children on the Autism Spectrum

Lauren Martini, Occupational Therapist at The Phoenix Center (an accredited non-profit, private school that serves nearly 140 students ages 5-21 with autism, multiple disabilities, behavioral […]

July 9, 2021

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at July 9, 2021

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LILLEY: New Jersey Under Gov. Murphy Is Government by and for the Public Unions

I could not have said it better. Supporting the NJEA’s early endorsement of Gov. Murphy, NJEA Vice President-elect Steve Beatty said: “There is no governor […]