May 25, 2023

Three Takeaways From New Report on COVID and Public Education’s Current Condition

Yesterday the U.S. Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics issued an analysis called “Report on the Condition of Education 2023.” At 54 pages, it […]
May 25, 2023

LILLEY: Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Owns District’s Enrollment Loss and Teacher Lay-Offs

NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s conflict of interest continues to negatively affect Montclair and its school system.  This time, it’s the dozens of young teachers […]
May 24, 2023

Newark School District Is Using Taxpayer Money To Claw Back a Crumbling Building—But It Won’t Say How Much

Journalist Therese Jacob first published this in TapintoNewark. The Newark Board of Education recently bought back a dilapidated school building in the city that the […]
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 […]