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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

November 17, 2022

By Laura Waters at November 17, 2022

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Asbury Park Follow-Up: Clarifying the Gender Reveal and the Number of Families Fleeing the District

Since the publication of yesterday’s story about Asbury Park Public Schools’ “gender reveal” at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School and poorly-managed teacher evaluations, NJ Education Report […]

November 16, 2022

By Laura Waters at November 16, 2022

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Latest From Asbury Park: Students Pulled From Class To Celebrate Principal’s Pregnancy and Teachers Deride Ignorant Evaluations

At Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, one of two preK-3 schools in Asbury Park Schools District, academics appear to take second place to –wait for it— […]

November 15, 2022

By Laura Waters at November 15, 2022

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Newark
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Doing the Math As Newark Superintendent Fattens His Real Estate Portfolio

Newark Superintendent Roger Leon is on a spending spree, a newly-styled real estate magnate with plenty of money to burn given the district’s $1.2 billion […]

OPINION

December 23, 2020

By Laura Waters at December 23, 2020

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COMMENTARY: Will Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary Work for All Kids?

We want to support you so that you can get to the great work of helping kids. You have to commit to that partnership if […]

December 22, 2020

By Oscar James at December 22, 2020

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JAMES: It's a Victory for Newark Taxpayers but Is Roger Leon Taking Cami Anderson Lessons?

(This first appeared at Newark Neighborhood View.) Earlier this month, I questioned the lack of actual learning time our students in Newark were receiving during […]

December 11, 2020

By Staff Writer at December 11, 2020

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Opinion

National Disability Advocates: If Biden's Transition Team Cares About Equity and Access, It Won't Choose Eskelsen Garcia as Education Secretary

This is the full copy of a letter sent yesterday to the Biden/Harris transition team from national advocates for students with disabilities. Here, they detail […]