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LATEST EDUCATION NEWS

June 8, 2023

By Oscar James at June 8, 2023

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JAMES: Three Reasons Why Newark Voters Don’t Show Up For School Board Elections

On April 25th, Newark voters had a chance to select their representatives for our city’s Board of Education and whether or not to approve next […]

June 8, 2023

By Staff Writer at June 8, 2023

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NJEA PAC-Endorsed Candidates Win Big in Primaries

NJEA PAC-endorsed candidates in the 2023 primary, who included eight candidates for the New Jersey Senate and 12 candidates for the Assembly, all won their […]

June 8, 2023

By Staff Writer at June 8, 2023

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News
State

Gopal, Coughlin Announce Legislation to Address Regional District Funding Cuts

Senate Education Chair Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth) and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin have announced legislation that they will move immediately to stop funding cuts at regional […]

June 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at June 7, 2023

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Real Social Justice Warriors Would Keep This Test

On Monday the New Jersey Assembly Community Development and Affairs passed a bill that eliminates the high school graduation qualifying test currently called the NJGPA. […]

June 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at June 7, 2023

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News

CREDO Says NJ Students Learn More At Charters Than In District Schools

The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University just released a report called As A Matter of Fact: National Charter School Study […]

June 7, 2023

By Jeff Bennett at June 7, 2023

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Opinion

The Way New Jersey Elects School Boards Fails the Democracy Test

Jeffrey Bennett writes about budgets, migration trends, the economy, and structural problems in government. When we elect Boards of Education in New Jersey we take […]

COMMUNITIES

October 14, 2022

By Staff Writer at October 14, 2022

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Camden

Camden County Will Install Opioid Overdosing Boxes in All Public and Parochial Schools to Combat Drug Crisis

The Board of Commissioners joined state and local officials on Thursday to unveil a new program that will install secure Naloxboxes in every school across […]

October 14, 2022

By Contributor at October 14, 2022

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Newark

BARAKA: New Conference Will Focus on Student and Parent Voices To Address City’s Educational Shortcomings

Ras Baraka is Newark’s mayor. This first appeared at nj.com. The will to get it done. This was the unofficial slogan of my city’s lead-line […]

October 12, 2022

By Staff Writer at October 12, 2022

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Camden
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GOP Congressional Candidate Slams Camden Charter School For Sensitivity to Gender Fluidity, Urges Norcross to Cancel Wokeness

Reacting to a published report that a teacher at KIPP Cooper Norcross Whittier Middle School lectured students on “they/them pronouns,” Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s […]

OPINION

January 14, 2021

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at January 14, 2021

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NJ Teachers: You’re Trapped in a System That Sucks Union Dues Out of Your Paychecks

President Will Swaim of the California Policy Center wrote a new year’s letter to CPC subscribers decrying the “legal corruption” by California’s public-sector unions. The letter’s language […]

January 8, 2021

By Laura Waters at January 8, 2021

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COMMENTARY: Was DeVos Really the “Worst Secretary of Education Ever”?

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned last night, citing Wednesday’s putsch at the Capitol, Trump’s incitement of violence, and her concern that “impressionable children are watching all […]

January 5, 2021

By Laura Waters at January 5, 2021

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NJER Commentary

COMMENTARY: I’m No DeVos Fan, but the New York Times’s Broadside Shows Its Bias

The New York Times Editorial Board, in a piece published Sunday called “The Wreckage Betsy DeVos Leaves Behind,” excoriates out-going U.S. Education Secretary DeVos for […]