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January 30, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 30, 2024

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News

National Group Points ‘Right to Read’ Advocates To Tonight’s North Hunterdon-Voorhees Meeting

PEN America, the non-profit devoted to free expression in literature and life, is notifying New Jersey residents that tonight, January 30th, the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Board […]

January 30, 2024

By Guest Contributor at January 30, 2024

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The Public Loses As Murphy and NJEA Stack the State Board of Education

Dr. Marc Gaswirth, a retired public school administrator, has written extensively for more than 40 years about public sector bargaining and school human resources. Only […]

January 30, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 30, 2024

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Press Release

Gov. Murphy’s Statement on New Education Commissioner

Governor Phil Murphy today announced his intention to nominate Kevin Dehmer to serve as the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE). […]

January 29, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 29, 2024

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News

JerseyCAN Pledges Support To Murphy’s Next Commissioner

Statement from JerseyCAN Executive Director Paula White Regarding Nomination of Kevin Dehmer for New Jersey Education Commissioner: All indicators show our next Commissioner faces truly […]

January 29, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 29, 2024

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News

Murphy Confirms Nomination of Kevin Dehmer As Next Commissioner

Governor Phil Murphy today announced his intention to nominate Kevin Dehmer to serve as the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE). […]

January 29, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 29, 2024

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Newark
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Mayhem Is the One Consistency In Newark. Here Is the Latest.

“There are so many people here talking about a book that’s been banned. You guys are banning books, but you’re not worried about our children […]

COMMUNITIES

October 31, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 31, 2023

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Newark

NAACP Is Latest Group to Demand Information on Racist Culture in Newark Public Schools

Last January the Newark Board of Education hired CREED Strategies, a private firm run by Mayor Ras Baraka’s former chief education officer Lauren Wells, to […]

October 31, 2023

By Guest Contributor at October 31, 2023

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81% of Newark Third-Graders Can’t Read But Superintendent and School Board Are Partying On Your Dime

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board first published this piece at nj.com. At least 19 school officials from Newark, led by the superintendent, have been hobnobbing at a […]

October 31, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at October 31, 2023

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News
Trenton

Trenton Charter School and African-American Chamber of Commerce Launch Leadership Program

Foundation Academies scholars are the first in Mercer County to gain entrepreneurship and career opportunities in the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey’s “I AM” […]

OPINION

October 12, 2022

By Laura Waters at October 12, 2022

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COMMENTARY: The Lawsuit to Desegregate NJ Schools Rests on Whether Lululemom Will Open in Trenton

Today Mary Ann Koruth of The Record has a great update of a lawsuit currently before the state Superior Court in Mercer County pressed by […]

October 12, 2022

By Contributor at October 12, 2022

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News
Opinion

Piperno, Eulner: Murphy Is Delegating Student Mental Health Services to a Dysfunctional State Agency and Ignoring Pleas of School Districts

Ed. Note: New Jersey Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno and Kim Euler oppose Gov. Phil Murphy’s plan to abolish school-based mental health services and put them under […]

October 4, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at October 4, 2022

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LILLEY: Another Quid Pro Quo from Gov. Murphy?

Gov. Murphy announced the nomination of three new members for the State Board of Education (SBOE), Mary Bennett, Dr. Kwanghee Jung, and Dr. Claudine Keenan. […]