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April 25, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 25, 2023

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What Do New Jersey’s Top 20 Schools Have in Common? And How Do You Get into One?

Yesterday NJ Education Report looked at 101.5’s lists of New Jersey’s best and worst schools. Another day, another ranking, as today Advance Media has school […]

April 24, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 24, 2023

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Asbury Park Staff and Parents Challenge Administrators to Justify Hostile Culture–and Win!

Last Thursday evening the Asbury Park Board of Education held its monthly public school board meeting, previewed by the community when the agenda was released. […]

April 24, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 24, 2023

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The 10 Best and 10 Worst Schools in New Jersey. Maybe.

NJ105 has just put out a list of the 30 “best” and “worst” public schools in New Jersey. The team there collated the data based […]

April 24, 2023

By Contributor at April 24, 2023

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MCCLOUD: Our Kids Can’t Read But Voters Can Change That Tomorrow

Shennell McCloud is CEO of Project Ready, a Newark-based nonprofit that works to increase voting in the city. Pick any suburb in New Jersey. Say […]

April 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at April 21, 2023

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Another Bullying Lawsuit in Central Regional as Incidents Spike. Here’s What Schools Can Do to Protect Students.

Central Regional School District has been much in the news because 14-year-old Adriana Kuch committed suicide after administrators and teachers allegedly didn’t bother to intervene […]

April 21, 2023

By Contributor at April 21, 2023

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The Pandemic Changed Special Education: How One New Jersey School is Reimagining the Classroom

Much of the world began isolating at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. But for educators at High Point School of Bergen […]

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May 12, 2022

By Laura Waters at May 12, 2022

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‘Doing Less Was Not an Option.’ How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.

Note: Achievers Early College Prep is one of seven high-performing public charters with previously-approved expansions that the Murphy Administration’s Education Department recently reversed. Currently 90 […]

May 12, 2022

By Staff Writer at May 12, 2022

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Camden Education Fund Leads Collaborative Celebration of Student Success

Last week the Camden Education Fund collaborated with Camden City, the traditional school district, and charter and renaissance schools to host Camden’s first CItywide College […]

May 10, 2022

By Staff Writer at May 10, 2022

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Newark Mom Charges School Aide With Beating Her 7-Year-Old and Pushing Him Down a Flight of Stairs

Last month, say new charges, a teacher’s aide assigned to students with disabilities pushed a seven-year-old boy down a flight of stairs at Quitman School […]

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