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 […]
May 19, 2023

LILLEY: How NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Spiller’s Conflict of Interest Hurts Families

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 […]
COMMUNITIES
September 7, 2022

Charter School Families Struggle As Murphy’s Education Department Ignores ‘Clear Objective Data’

Yesterday’s New Jersey Monitor dives into the consequences of the Murphy Administration’s denial last spring of nine expansion requests from the highest-performing public charter schools […]
OPINION
August 4, 2020

My Childhood Home Was Not Safe. Like Me, Some Children Need Brick-and-Mortar Schools Right Now.

Dirk Tillotson is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Great Schools Choices, which supports community-based charter school development and increasing access for underserved […]