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January 26, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 26, 2024

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News

New Survey: More Teachers in Low-Income Schools Think State Learning Standards Are Too Hard

A new RAND report finds that 30% of K-12 teachers think that mandated state learning standards are too difficult for their students. Teachers working in […]

January 26, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 26, 2024

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Verdict: South Orange-Maplewood Basketball Player’s Hair Beads Were ‘Non-Compliant’

Following Columbia High School’s January 8 reporting of an alleged bias incident on January 4 in South Orange-Maplewood Schools– which involved a female student athlete […]

January 26, 2024

By Guest Contributor at January 26, 2024

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News
Opinion

Gov. Murphy, Don’t Ban Books. Hire More Librarians Instead.

Beth Raff is president of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians. This first appeared at nj.com. Gov. Phil Murphy, in his State of the State […]

January 25, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 25, 2024

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Double-Header Tonight in Newark and Asbury Park

Tonight, Thursday January 25th, both the Newark and Asbury Park Boards of Education have public meetings. Here are highlights to look for. Newark: Mr. Luna […]

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 […]

COMMUNITIES

October 25, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 25, 2023

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Newark
News

Newark Superintendent Says His Schools Are ‘World-Class’–But Only If You Ignore the Data

“In terms of the long-term economic viability of families, I find these numbers terrifying,” said Vivian Cox Fraser, the CEO of the Urban League of […]

October 24, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 24, 2023

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Tick-Tock of Asbury Park Assault

On Friday afternoon at Asbury Park Schools District’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, two 8th grade students assaulted guidance counselor John Venino in a […]

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 […]

OPINION

September 19, 2022

By Contributor at September 19, 2022

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GOODMAN: With College Tuition Sky-High and Teachers Scarce, We Need To Change the Way Schools Are Accredited

Robert Goodman is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning and a former NJ Teacher of the Year. This first […]

September 14, 2022

By Contributor at September 14, 2022

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Opinion

LISOJO: I Set Out to Show That Men Could Teach Elementary School But Then I Changed Course.

Omar Lisojo is at Montclair State University pursuing an education degree while working as a substitute teacher. This first appeared at Chalkbeat. I have always […]

September 13, 2022

By Laura Waters at September 13, 2022

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What We’re Getting Wrong About the New Jersey Teacher Shortage

New Jersey Republican Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis wrote yesterday that New Jersey needs “to combat the teacher shortage “head-on” to protect our kids from “overfilled classrooms […]