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February 1, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at February 1, 2024

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Press Release

NJEA Praises Murphy’s New Commissioner

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated Kevin Dehmer to serve as New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education. NJEA’s officers, President Sean M. Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty, […]

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 […]

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 […]

COMMUNITIES

November 1, 2023

By Guest Contributor at November 1, 2023

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Asbury Park

‘Asbury Insider’: This District Is the Titanic Hitting an Iceberg

“Asbury Insider” is a community member of Asbury Park Public Schools who wishes to remain anonymous. The emphases and views are his own. NJ Ed […]

November 1, 2023

By Guest Contributor at November 1, 2023

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Newark
News

New Newark School Board Member: Collaboration Between Charters and District Is ‘Everything’

On Monday evening the Newark Board of Education appointed Tommy Luna to fill the seat vacated by Asia Norton left vacant last month. Luna ran for office last April, […]

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 […]

OPINION

October 3, 2022

By Contributor at October 3, 2022

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GOTTESMAN: Ciattarelli, When It Comes to NJ’s Sex Ed Standards You Don’t Know Jack

Michael Gottesman is a retired New Jersey attorney and the founder of the “New Jersey Coalition for Protection of Public Education,” a non-partisan organization designed […]

September 29, 2022

By Contributor at September 29, 2022

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CHIRICHELLO: One Out of Four Eighth-Graders Has Considered Suicide. Here’s What We Have To Do Next.

Michael Chirichello has been a school superintendent, principal, teacher, and international consultant in urban and suburban school districts. He also served in higher education at […]

September 28, 2022

By Contributor at September 28, 2022

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MATRISCIANO: Murphy’s Education Department Hoards Power in NJ’s Sex Ed Wars. Here’s How To Change That.

Vince Matrisciano is a certified Project Management Professional, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Human Capitol Strategist. He has made a career of successfully engaging […]