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January 25, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 25, 2024

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New Jersey Has Spent Just 62% of Its Emergency COVID Money

Back in 2021 the Biden Administration announced the American Rescue Plan, intended to fund educational learning loss, courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic. The whole package […]

January 25, 2024

By Guest Contributor at January 25, 2024

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Judge Demands Access to Report on Racism at Newark School, Currently Withheld From Public

Matt Kadosh is a journalist at TAPintoNewark, where this first appeared. A Superior Court judge on Tuesday, Jan. 23, ordered a report that details allegations of […]

January 24, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 24, 2024

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New Competition Between Camden and Newark Will Boost Students’ College Funding

Last year NJ Ed Report covered Camden’s ““FASFA Challenge,” a competition among all city high schools—district, charter, and renaissance—that awarded $25,000 to the school where […]

January 24, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 24, 2024

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2024 ‘FAFSA Challenge’ to Pit Camden vs. Newark

Camden Education Fund and NJ Children’s Foundation Announce Challenge to Kick-Start Momentum-Building Year for College Enrollment The 2024 “FAFSA Challenge” will kick off on Thursday […]

January 24, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 24, 2024

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Press Release

NJEA Issues Statement on School Censorship and Book Bans

The New Jersey Library Association (NJLA), the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL), New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) have watched, with concern, the growing […]

January 23, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 23, 2024

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Feds Investigate Teaneck Schools For Anti-Semitism

Teaneck Public Schools is making national headlines as it joins Newark Public Schools and Rutgers University for, according to the U.S. Department of Education, allegedly […]

COMMUNITIES

October 18, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 18, 2023

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Asbury Park School Board Candidates Body-Shame the District

You know something’s up when the incumbents for a school board race criticize their own district. That’s what’s happening in Asbury Park. There, six candidates […]

October 16, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at October 16, 2023

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One Hundred NJ Public Charter School Parents Build New Skills at Advocacy Summit

The New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA) hosted a highly successful Parent Advocacy Summit over the weekend, equipping one hundred parents of public charter […]

October 16, 2023

By Contributor at October 16, 2023

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They Said Our Students Were ‘Too Far Behind.’ Here’s How We Proved Them Wrong.

Gemar Mills, a former principal of Newark’s Malcom X. Shabazz High School, is Chief Academic Officer at College Achieve Public Schools, a public charter network […]

OPINION

September 27, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 27, 2022

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LILLEY: NJ101.5 Gets It Wrong About Healthcare Premium Hikes for Teachers: Property Taxpayers Will Pick Up the Tab

Unfortunately, a recent news story by NJ101.5 got it all wrong about an increase in teacher healthcare premiums. We have nothing against NJ101.5, which usually does a good […]

September 21, 2022

By Contributor at September 21, 2022

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Want to Stem the Teacher Shortage? Start Trusting Our Great Educators

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 20, 2022

By Contributor at September 20, 2022

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MATRISCIANO: Newark Public Schools Has a Great Strategic Plan That Won’t Work— Unless We Make These Five Changes

Vince Matrisciano is a Project Management Engineer who worked for the Department of Defense for over 30 years, managing complex projects, large groups of people, […]