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March 21, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 21, 2024

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Asbury Park Update: Lawyers and Money (No Guns)

It is hard to keep up with the torrent of news that flows out of one of New Jersey’s most troubled districts. Here are the […]

March 21, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at March 21, 2024

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New Jersey Ed Department Announces New Tutoring Grants

The New Jersey Department of Education today announced $7 million in a second round of preliminarygrant awards for the implementation of High Impact Tutoring in […]

March 21, 2024

By Guest Contributor at March 21, 2024

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News
Opinion

Pass This Bill To Protect A Child’s Right to Read

Tabitha Dell’Angelo is the Interim Dean of the School of Education and a Professor of Urban Education at The College of New Jersey. Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott is […]

March 20, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 20, 2024

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News

New Report: New Jersey’s School District Boundaries Exemplify Racial Injustice

A just-released report from New America’s Education Funding Equity Initiative measures how school district boundaries create deep “economic and social divisions” and “radically different educational […]

March 20, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 20, 2024

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News

South Orange-Maplewood Under Federal Investigation for Antisemitism

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Education announced four new Title VI investigations, which allege discrimination on the basis of race, color, and/or national origin. One […]

March 20, 2024

By Guest Contributor at March 20, 2024

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Trenton

Trenton Public Charter and TCNJ Tackle the Teacher Shortage Together

Michelle Reuss is a member of the executive team at Foundation Academies, a public charter school serving scholars K-12 in the Trenton community. The teacher shortage fueled […]

COMMUNITIES

January 31, 2024

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at January 31, 2024

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LILLEY: NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Pleads the Fifth

The news out of Montclair puts a dark ethical cloud over Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Sean Spiller. According to the Montclair Local, in a deposition for whistleblower […]

January 31, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 31, 2024

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As Goes Lakewood, So Goes Jackson. Hat-Tip to Asbury Park.

Last year NJ Education Report predicted that, like Lakewood, other New Jersey school districts will face fiscal distress as the number of students attending Jewish […]

January 30, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 30, 2024

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Asbury Park Union President To Staff: Hang In There

This morning Asbury Park Education Association members received an email from APEA president John Napolitani (see below) that acknowledges staff frustration as the union continues […]

OPINION

February 22, 2023

By Laura Waters at February 22, 2023

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Just One More Thing About New Jersey Teachers’ Lack of Diversity

The Star-Ledger’s Tina Kelley has an excellent piece on the lack of Black and brown teachers in New Jersey. While our student body is increasingly […]

February 17, 2023

By Contributor at February 17, 2023

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Opinion

QUIGLEY: Trump Has Proposed Sweeping Public Education Changes and They’re Terrible

Joan Quigley is the president and CEO of North Hudson Community Action Cor and a former assemblywoman from Jersey City. Whether or not you have kids […]

February 16, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at February 16, 2023

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News
Opinion

LILLEY: Gov. Murphy, Amid Signs of NJDOE Failure, Where Is Your Update on Remediating Learning Loss?

Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education (NJDOE) looks like its failing on multiple fronts, yet Murphy has nothing to say about it. The always attentive NJEdReport […]