May 23, 2023

NJEA Releases Statement Supporting Civil Rights Complaint About Anti-LGBTQ District Policy

NJEA’s officers, President Sean M. Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson, issued this statement in support of the New Jersey attorney general’s […]
May 22, 2023

District Hype Aside, 88% of Newark Students Who Need Tutoring Are AWOL: ‘Raheem Can’t Read’

Newark students have suffered considerable learning loss from school closings and remote instruction during the pandemic, with only 19 % of third-grade district students passing […]
COMMUNITIES
September 23, 2022

Jersey City Teacher/School Board Member: Both the State Education Department and The City Have Failed To Improve Our Schools

Yesterday Marilyn Roman published a very long analysis of the failings of New Jersey’s second largest school system. As a retired Jersey City educator, City […]
OPINION
November 23, 2020

NJ Student’s Letter to New Ed Commissioner: My Teacher Helps Me Gather the Courage to Speak in a Space That Prefers My Silence.

This letter first appeared in The 74. Dear Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, I had my first Asian teacher […]