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July 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 21, 2023

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News

Six-Year-Old Strangled To Death on Franklin Township School Bus

“Why doesn’t the New Jersey Department of Education require live video feed of bus trips to special education supervisors and bus company managers?” That’s special […]

July 20, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 20, 2023

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How Can New Jersey Raise the Bar For Reading Instruction?

This is getting embarrassing. A new analysis from the Shanker Institute, “Reading Reform Across America: a Survey of State Legislature,” examines reading-related legislation enacted by […]

July 20, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at July 20, 2023

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LILLEY: Hundreds-of-Millions Gottesman Adds Hypocrisy to His Habitual Mendacity

Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman is at it again. The founder of the New Jersey Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) recently took to the pages of NJ […]

July 20, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at July 20, 2023

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Newark
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Newark Mayor, Citing Literacy Crisis, Announces 10-Point Plan

Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Chief Education Officer Dr. Sharnee Brown,Newark Board of Education Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning Dr.Mary Ann Reilly, The Newark Library Director […]

July 19, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 19, 2023

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News

Neptune High School’s Valedictorian Won’t Be Silenced

Last month NJ Education Report published a letter from the mother of a student who just graduated from Neptune Public Schools. This letter, sent anonymously […]

July 19, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at July 19, 2023

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Press Release

Welcome to New Jersey’s New Education Journalist

NJ PBS, New Jersey’s public television network, announced that its newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, has welcomed a new reporter to its team, Hannah Gross. Gross will […]

COMMUNITIES

January 25, 2023

By Laura Waters at January 25, 2023

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Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Teacher or Student in Asbury Park

A few months ago news broke about the chaos at Asbury Park High School, now serving grades 7-12 because district-wide enrollment has dropped to 1,358 […]

January 25, 2023

By Staff Writer at January 25, 2023

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Newark
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Two Newark Moms Demand Education Commissioner Investigate Newark School Board’s Secret Renewal of Superintendent’s Contract

This is a letter to Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMIllan from Shennell McCloud, CEO of Project Ready and Jasmine Morrison, Executive Director, Unapologetic Parents.They are […]

January 25, 2023

By Contributor at January 25, 2023

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MCCLOUD: Newark School Board Gave the Superintendent A Secret Sweetheart Deal But It’s Not Too Late To Fix It

Shennell McCloud is CEO of Project Ready, a Newark-based nonprofit that works to increase voting in the city. Revelations that the contract of the Newark […]

OPINION

May 10, 2021

By Contributor at May 10, 2021

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SANTIAGO: How Camden’s LEAP Academy Embraced an ‘Urgent Mindset’ and Successfully Stemmed Student Learning Loss During COVID

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is the Founder and Board Chair of the LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden, New Jersey. She is also a Board of Governors Distinguished […]

May 7, 2021

By Contributor at May 7, 2021

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Opinion

MOWER: Six Steps to Take Once You Know Your Child Is a Candidate for Special Needs Education

Julie Mower is Executive Director of The Phoenix Center, an accredited non-profit, private school that serves nearly 140 students ages 5-21 with autism, multiple disabilities, behavioral […]

May 6, 2021

By Laura Waters at May 6, 2021

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COMMENTARY: Education Law Center’s Magic Elixir of Integration Won’t Help Newark’s Black Families

Today Chalkbeat has a piece dissecting a current lawsuit, pressed by Education Law Center (ELC), that charges Newark’s charter sector with exacerbating segregation and seeks […]