LATEST EDUCATION NEWS
March 1, 2021
South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools District (SOMSD) is in an uproar: Parents and school district representatives insist it’s safe to reopen but teacher union leaders claim […]
March 1, 2021
This morning, on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” Gov. Phil Murphy announced that, beginning in two weeks, pre-kindergarten-12th grade teachers and support staff will be […]
March 1, 2021
On Friday in Lakewood, a group of ultra-Orthodox children celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim dressed in blackface. Fred Rush, local president of the NAACP, […]
February 26, 2021
.Yesterday the New Jersey State Department of Education issued instructions on how it will collect local assessment data. [An earlier version of this post incorrectly […]
February 25, 2021
I’ve been an empty nester since the pandemic began — happily free of the burden of managing children’s virtual learning along with all the other […]
February 25, 2021
Do you cringe when an economist or policy wonk quantifies the value of a single child’s education? I do. How can you reduce the immeasurable […]