February 10, 2023

Assembly Bill Would Add Equity to State School Facilities Funding By Including Charters

Yesterday the Assembly Education Committee approved Assembly Bill 4496, sponsored by Assembly Leader Craig Coughlin, that would restructure the Schools Development Authority, a scandal-plagued agency […]
February 10, 2023

Project Ready and Ben & Jerry’s Celebrate ‘Votingtines Week’ in Newark to Fall in Love with Voting Again

From students to seniors, non-profit is spreading the love of civic engagement Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready is partnering with Ben & Jerry’s for a week […]
February 10, 2023

GASWIRTH: Murphy’s Teacher Shortage Task Force Won’t Solve Anything If It Ignores the Real Problems

Dr. Marc Gaswirth, a retired public school administrator, has written extensively for nearly 50 years about public sector bargaining  and school human resources.   At November’s […]
February 9, 2023

Roger Leon Thinks He’ll Solve Newark’s ‘Staggering’ Absenteeism Rate with the Whitest Sport in America

Students enrolled in Newark Public Schools District are missing school at a “staggering” rate. According to the data from this past December, the district is […]
COMMUNITIES
January 13, 2022

Lakewood Municipal Gov’t Is Using COVID Emergency Funds To Reimburse Parents for Yeshiva Tuition. Is This Kosher?

Here’s a creative use of federal emergency funds intended to address learning loss suffered by low-income students during pandemic-induced school closures: Lakewood Township is offering […]
January 13, 2022

New Newark Poll: Voters Strongly Support Charters But Many Think Education in Newark Is On the ‘Wrong Track’

Every year for the past three years New Jersey Children’s Foundation* has commissioned the progressive polling firm Change Research to measure the opinions of registered […]
OPINION