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July 11, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 11, 2023

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Amid ‘Education’s Long COVID,’ Here Is a Spark of New Jersey Health

Today’s big national education story is the release of new test data that shows, even with the unprecedented federal investment of $122 billion in learning […]

July 11, 2023

By Contributor at July 11, 2023

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SHANE: This Is How We End New Jersey’s Teacher Shortage

Samantha Shane is a teacher leader policy fellow at JerseyCAN and a teacher at Morris County School of Technology. This was first published at nj.com. In 2014, […]

July 11, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at July 11, 2023

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State Legislators Say NJ Schools Are Marginalizing Parent Voices

Legislators Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner released the following statement: We firmly believe education should be highly regarded. We have always aimed to ensure that […]

July 11, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at July 11, 2023

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Newgrange School Launches Twice Exceptional Pilot Program

The Newgrange School (Laurel Education Group) is pleased to announce that starting September 2023, it will be launching a pilot program for twice exceptional learners. […]

July 10, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 10, 2023

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New Report Casts Wide-Angle Look at Newark District and Charter Schools

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) just released its new report, Newark Kids Count 2023. Over the years the non-profit has tabulated about 100 […]

July 10, 2023

By Contributor at July 10, 2023

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Opinion

GOTTESMAN: The Radical Right Wants to Spy On Classrooms To Catch Woke Teachers

Michael Gottesman is a retired New Jersey attorney and the founder of the “New Jersey Coalition for Protection of Public Education,” a non-partisan organization designed […]

COMMUNITIES

January 11, 2023

By Staff Writer at January 11, 2023

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State Charter Association Awards Grants to Top-Performing Schools That Serve Needy Families–Contingent on Murphy’s Education Department’s Response

Ed. Note: Two of the three schools receiving these grants—Trenton’s Achievers Early Charter School and Paul Robeson Charter School—were denied expansion plans last year, despite […]

January 9, 2023

By Laura Waters at January 9, 2023

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Asbury Park Spends Twice as Much Per Pupil Compared to Lakewood: How’s That Working Out for Kids?

This past weekend the Asbury Park Press published an analysis that ranks most of New Jersey’s school districts on student proficiency gauged by results from […]

January 5, 2023

By Staff Writer at January 5, 2023

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New Jersey’s Largest Charter School Pilots Coding for Non-STEM Classes Thanks to Grant from U.S. Education Department

Who says coding is just for STEM classes? North Star Academy in Newark is embedding computational thinking – a broad skill set that includes coding […]

OPINION

April 15, 2021

By Laura Waters at April 15, 2021

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The Christie Exception: When the Teachers Union Doesn’t Get Its Way

This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey? As Lenape high school student Sasha Lapham’s experience with […]

April 13, 2021

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at April 13, 2021

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LILLEY: New Jersey Teachers Are Poorly Served By Their Union Leaders

The New Jersey Education Association, the state chapter of the largest teachers union in the country, boasted more than 200,000 members and $154 million in […]

April 9, 2021

By Laura Waters at April 9, 2021

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NJER Commentary

COMMENTARY: My Take on Randi Weingarten’s Belief that Jewish Privilege Drives the Push to Reopen Schools

Okay, this is personal. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has labeled American Jews as “part of the ownership class” because (some of us? […]