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March 5, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 5, 2024

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Montclair’s Spiller Isn’t Spilling It All

Last weekend Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller announced that he won’t be seeking re-election after five years as leader of the Town Council. While Spiller, who […]

March 4, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 4, 2024

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News

BREAKING: NJ Education Department Rescues Schools for Students with Disabilities!

New Jersey students with disabilities, their parents, and the specialized schools that educate them just won a big victory. On Wednesday, March 6th, at the […]

March 4, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at March 4, 2024

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Press Release

Just Out: Special Education Schools Are Safe.

The New Jersey State Board of Education will vote during its meeting on Wednesday, March 6th to accept the recommendation of the New Jersey Department […]

March 4, 2024

By Guest Contributor at March 4, 2024

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News
Opinion

Is Murphy’s Budget All About Tammy?

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

March 1, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 1, 2024

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Newark
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Newark Superintendent In the Hot Seat

At least one Newark school board member is demanding answers from Superintendent Roger Leon on two points related to the the district’s plan to repurchase […]

March 1, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 1, 2024

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News

Ocean City Schools Wants Dorothy to Come Home

Families who send their children to Ocean City Public Schools must sometimes feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, who says, when she lands […]

COMMUNITIES

December 15, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at December 15, 2023

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NJ Public Charter School Parents Take to the Statehouse, Urging Governor and Lawmakers to Support Charter Facilities Funding

Representatives of the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA) joined over 30 public charter school parents from Camden, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, Plainfield, Jersey City and other communities at […]

December 14, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 14, 2023

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Lakewood Macher* Has an Opportunity. Will He Take It?

It was big news in Lakewood and beyond when Assemblyman-Elect Avi Schnall became the first Democrat to win in his Ocean County district in 30 […]

December 12, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 12, 2023

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An Advanced Physics Degree Changes Everything for This Jersey City Teacher

Middle School Teacher Jersey City teacher Sarah Brown says that earning her master’s degree in teaching physics from the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning […]

OPINION

December 16, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at December 16, 2022

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LILLEY: Blue States Had More School Closures and More Learning Loss — Just Like NJ under Gov. Murphy

The 74 conducted a study of the relative learning loss in Democratic (Blue) and Republican (Red) states and found that Red states offered almost twice as much in-person instruction […]

December 12, 2022

By Laura Waters at December 12, 2022

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COMMENTARY: Three Ways Gov. Murphy Can Resuscitate his Education Department

I’m tired of writing about the ineptitude of the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education. And now I’m (almost!) tired of reading about it: Just over […]

December 12, 2022

By Contributor at December 12, 2022

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Opinion

Keeping Children With Special Needs Active During Cold Months

Brigid Prufer, MA and Jason Conroy, MA are both Adaptive PE teachers at The Phoenix Center, an accredited private special needs school serving the educational, […]