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Democratic Leaders – Don’t Forget NJEA’s Sean Spiller and Steve Beatty Spent $45 Million To Take Down Gov.-elect Sherrill
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A Cautionary Moment for Union Transparency as Former NJEA Leader Seeks a National Role
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New Jersey’s $40 Billion Education Machine Is Not Built to Teach

LATEST EDUCATION NEWS

February 21, 2024

By Laura Waters at February 21, 2024

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Paterson Struggles With Keeping Teachers, Students Too.

Paterson Public Schools is in a bind. The proposed 2024-2025 budget to educate about 25,000 students is $710.4 million, $53.7 million more than last year, […]

February 21, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at February 21, 2024

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News

Proposed Law Would Mandate Latino History

The New Jersey Senate Education Committee moved a bill sponsored by Angela McKnight and Brian Stack that would require classroom instruction on Latino and Hispanic […]

February 21, 2024

By Guest Contributor at February 21, 2024

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Opinion

School Board Steps Unto the DEI Breach

Paul Breda has been engaged as a school board member and leader, consultant, and statewide presenter in support of public education in New Jersey for over […]

February 21, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at February 21, 2024

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New Initial Accreditation for NJ Center for Teaching and Learning

The Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) – a national accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) – has […]

February 20, 2024

By Laura Waters at February 20, 2024

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As K-12 School Costs Rise, So Do New Jersey Property Taxes

The average New Jersey property tax bill just hit a new high of $9,803, three percent higher than Fiscal Year 2023. That’s the highest annual […]

February 20, 2024

By Guest Contributor at February 20, 2024

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News

Berkeley Heights Takes on Murphy’s Education Department–and Wins!

This is a submissions from Berkeley Heights Community Watch. In a massive win for transparency, Attorney Walter Luers represented a Berkeley Heights resident in an […]

COMMUNITIES

November 30, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 30, 2023

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Court Orders Murphy’s Commissioner to Solve Lakewood’s Math Problem. One Problem With That.

A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled on Monday that Gov. Murphy’s Education Commissioner, Angelica Allen-McMillan, cannot continue to delay her report on how the state […]

November 29, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at November 29, 2023

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Newark Public Schools Announces Entrepreneurial Success in National Business Plan Competition

This year marked a significant milestone for South 17th Street School and West Side High School students as they competed in the Annual Youth Business […]

November 27, 2023

By Laura Waters at November 27, 2023

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Three Years After Landmark Donation, St. Benedict’s Prep Continues to Grow its Girls Division

It seems like a blink since Lucia Gallo was in eighth grade, sitting in the cafeteria at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark. The topic […]

OPINION

December 1, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at December 1, 2022

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LILLEY: NJEA Leadership Funds Gov. Murphy’s Presidential Ambitions with New Jersey Teachers’ Highest-in-the-Nation Dues

The New Jersey Globe reported that the pro-Murphy, dark money Super PAC “Stronger Fairer Forward,” which is run by Murphy’s wife, contributed “more than $300,000” to various Democratic […]

November 29, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at November 29, 2022

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LILLEY: JerseyCAN and Urban League of Essex County Organize a Forum on Learning Loss While Murphy, NJEA Remain AWOL

To the everlasting shame of Gov. Murphy and New Jersey’s largest teachers union, the NJEA, it has been left to two New Jersey non-profits, JerseyCan […]

November 28, 2022

By Laura Waters at November 28, 2022

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Wednesday’s Forum Will Highlight Murphy Administration’s Dishonesty About Student Learning Loss

Last month we reported New Jersey was one of nine states in the country that hadn’t released student test results from last spring’s standardized tests […]