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May 30, 2024

By Oscar James at May 30, 2024

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JAMES: Newark Superintendent Needs To Step Up Or Step Down

We all know Newark’s children are suffering, with most of them unable to read or do math: Currently only 29% of Newark district students can […]

May 29, 2024

By Laura Waters at May 29, 2024

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Newark Teachers Union Wins Big Contract

Next week Newark Teachers Union members will vote on a new five-year tentative contract that will raise salaries for educators by 4.5% each year and […]

May 29, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at May 29, 2024

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U.S. Department of Labor Approves NJ Tutoring Corp as Apprenticeship Pathway

The New Jersey Tutoring Corps, Inc. (NJTC) announced today that the United States Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) has formally designated the organization as a […]

May 29, 2024

By Guest Contributor at May 29, 2024

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News
Opinion

School Attorney: If Murphy Signs the OPRA Bill, He’ll Hurt Parents and Children

Jamie Epstein is a New Jersey attorney who primarily represents students and their families who have had their regular education, special education, or higher education […]

May 28, 2024

By Laura Waters at May 28, 2024

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News

What Is Bothering These Jersey Superintendents?

“When Dr. King wrote, “Why We Can’t Wait” in 1964, he took great pains to challenge us to address crushing societal problems with urgency. Sixty […]

May 23, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at May 23, 2024

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Murphy Administration ‘Pauses’ Tying Student Growth to Teacher Evaluations

Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way last Friday signed legislation that creates the New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force. The law also suspends the […]

COMMUNITIES

April 3, 2024

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at April 3, 2024

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LILLEY: Montclair Resident Asks if NJEA President Is Using Teacher Salaries for Self-Promotion

Per the Montclair Local, we are learning more and more about how NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller conducts himself in office, and it’s not good. Already the subject of […]

April 1, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at April 1, 2024

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Newark
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Mayor Baraka Speaks at Marion P. Thomas Charter School for Black History

This was first published at TAPintoNewark. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka urged the students of Marion P. Thomas Charter School to dream big and work hard to achieve […]

March 29, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 29, 2024

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Newark
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Newark’s New $1.52 Billion School Budget

It is budget time for school districts and the Newark Board of Education just approved a new 2024-2025 budget of $1.52 billion, $187 million bigger […]

OPINION

June 7, 2023

By Jeff Bennett at June 7, 2023

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Opinion

The Way New Jersey Elects School Boards Fails the Democracy Test

Jeffrey Bennett writes about budgets, migration trends, the economy, and structural problems in government. When we elect Boards of Education in New Jersey we take […]

June 5, 2023

By Contributor at June 5, 2023

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Opinion

BARBARESE: Students Are Not All Equally Gifted. There, I’ve Said it.

JT Barbarese, who teaches at Rutgers University, says he was spurred to write this essay after reading a Star-Ledger editorial on a pending bill in New Jersey […]

June 5, 2023

By Contributor at June 5, 2023

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Opinion

GASWIRTH: We Won’t Solve the Teacher Shortage With Tepid Proposals. Here’s What We Should Do Instead.

Dr. Marc Gaswirth, a retired public school administrator, has written extensively for nearly 50 years about public sector bargaining and school human resources. In January 2023, […]