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Professional Decay: My Day at NJEA’s Teachers Convention
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A Message For Mikie Sherrill On How To Improve NJ’s Public Schools

LATEST EDUCATION NEWS

May 8, 2023

By Laura Waters at May 8, 2023

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Quick Asbury Park Note: Is This Legal?

Tonight the Asbury Park Board of Education will hold a special meeting. Why? Because at the April 20th public meeting the School Board, after an […]

May 8, 2023

By Staff Writer at May 8, 2023

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Newark’s Great Oaks Legacy Charter Celebrates 100% College Applications

This school year, 100% of high school seniors who attend Newark’s Great Oaks Legacy Charter School submitted college applications. Additionally, as a result of engaging […]

May 8, 2023

By Contributor at May 8, 2023

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GASWIRTH: Union-Led Collective Bargaining Is Great for Teachers But How About Students?

Dr. Marc Gaswirth is a retired public school administrator who has written extensively for more than 40 years about public sector bargaining and school human […]

May 8, 2023

By Laura Waters at May 8, 2023

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State

New Jersey’s State-Run Mental Health Services Hub System for Students Is Alive and Well

NJ Education Report was contacted by Jason Butkowski, Director of Communications for the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, regarding last Friday’s article about […]

May 8, 2023

By Staff Writer at May 8, 2023

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Monmouth Lawmakers Address Murphy’s War Against Asbury Park & Freehold Schools and Families

Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno Dnistrian, Kim Eulner Piperno, and Senate candidate Steve Dnistrian address the state “Funding War Waged on Monmouth Schools and Families,” and demand […]

May 8, 2023

By Staff Writer at May 8, 2023

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Assembly Education Chair Invites Public To Weigh In On Teacher Shortage Bills

Assembly Education Chair Pamela Lampitt (D-Burlington/Camden) will be joined Thursday morning, May 11th, by Assembly colleagues and education stakeholders to announce the introduction of a […]

COMMUNITIES

September 6, 2022

By Laura Waters at September 6, 2022

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Asbury Park Parents Protest Possible Cancellation of Football Season Due to Low Student Achievement

Last Friday Asbury Park Superintendent Rashawn Adams announced the varsity football team, the Blue Bishops, would forfeit their first game against a Newark high school, […]

September 1, 2022

By Laura Waters at September 1, 2022

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Latest From Newark: Special Education Violations, Plus Charges of Harassment, Racism, and Duplicity

The troubles within Newark Public Schools District continue unabated. Here is the latest: A week ago Superintendent Roger León’s office released the State Department of […]

August 30, 2022

By Laura Waters at August 30, 2022

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Newark District’s Deal With Private Investor Falls Through and Superintendent Knew About Malfeasance

On Friday Summit Assets, a private investing group that had a contract with Newark Public Schools to build a new high school, announced its withdrawal […]

OPINION

September 17, 2020

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 17, 2020

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New Jersey Governance in the Middle of a Pandemic: Run By and For NJEA

The NJEA’s investments are paying off. New Jersey’s most powerful special interest has had a great recent run with Governor Murphy. As is well […]

September 1, 2020

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 1, 2020

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NJEA Makes Its Bullying Explicit in a Letter to Superintendents: Shut Down Schools or Else …

Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey received a copy of a letter sent by a NJEA county association president to the superintendents in the county. […]

August 20, 2020

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at August 20, 2020

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New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Shoddy Research Misses The Mark On Extra COVID Funding For Schools

This was originally published at the Sunlight Policy Center of NJ. New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) has published a report, “School Funding in New Jersey: […]