April 10, 2023

Newark Trust For Education and Project Ready Announce the 2023 Newark School Board Candidates’ Forum

April 12th Forum Lets Newark Residents Learn about the Candidates and Key Election Issues, Including the Proposed $1.3 Billion Newark School Budget  Newark Trust for Education (NTE) […]
April 10, 2023

TESTA: Murphy’s Education Department Is Shutting Down Public Participation on Revisions to Student Learning Standards

Notice of Public Hearings Issued Day Before State Holiday and Easter Weekend with Noon Monday Deadline to Register to Testify Senator Michael Testa said it […]
April 6, 2023

Blood Pressures Rise As State Board and Murphy’s Commissioner Duke It Out Over High School Requirements

Let’s pretend the Centers for Disease Control decides to look at the number of Americans who have high blood pressure—more than half, depending on a […]
April 5, 2023

Murphy Administration Chooses Optics Over Substance: Looking at DOE’s Climate Change Revisions

As we reported Monday, later this morning, Gov. Phil Murphy’s Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan will urge the State Board of Education to lower “cut scores” […]
COMMUNITIES
April 6, 2022

ANALYSIS: Two Percent of Newark 4th-Graders Will Meet Expectations in Math. Do We Blame Covid or Newark Leaders?

Last week news broke that 98% of Newark fourth-graders are not expected to meet state expectations in math this spring. This alarming projection didn’t come […]
April 5, 2022

LILLEY: NJEA Leaders Are Trying To Pretend COVID Learning Loss Didn’t Happen and That’s Hurting Kids

In an article entitled “In-Person Classes Boost Test Scores,” the Wall Street Journal reports that American students are scoring lower on reading and math tests than last year, […]
OPINION