April 19, 2023

NEW: Murphy Education Department Leaves Money and Students’ Needs on the Table

Yesterday’s column about Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan’s tone-deaf answers to legislators’ questions at the Budget and Appropriations meeting focused on her refusal to confront […]
April 18, 2023

Asbury Park Third-Graders Need More Than Phonics To Learn to Read: Here’s What We’re Missing

In the wake of Tapinto Newark’s damning analysis of Newark district students’ exceedingly low levels of literacy—just 3% of third-graders at Avon Elementary School are […]
April 18, 2023

Murphy’s Education Commissioner on the Hot Seat at Legislative Hearing: ‘These Numbers Are Deplorable.’

At today’s Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting, Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan was in the hot seat, particularly when Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz was […]
April 18, 2023

Murphy Signs Bill Requiring Survey to Evaluate Holocaust and Genocide Curriculum in New Jersey’s Public Schools

Late yesterday Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (A4720) requiring the Commissioner of Education, in conjunction with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, to craft […]
COMMUNITIES
July 25, 2022

COMMENTARY: Murphy’s Disdain Towards Parents’ COVID Priorities Spells Trouble For the Democratic Party

New Jersey parents are divided on the state Department of Education’s new standards on sexual health and gender awareness but unified though the commonality of […]
OPINION
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