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LATEST EDUCATION NEWS

February 1, 2024

By Laura Waters at February 1, 2024

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New: National Analysis Shows NJ’s COVID Learning Recovery—Sort Of.

A new national analysis from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard. finds that although American […]

February 1, 2024

By Guest Contributor at February 1, 2024

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My Father Gave Me His Name. I Thought It Was a Curse But It Was a Blessing.

David Malakai Allen is a high school senior from Newark, New Jersey, with dreams of becoming a criminal defense attorney; he was the president of […]

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 […]

COMMUNITIES

October 25, 2023

By Laura Waters at October 25, 2023

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Newark
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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 13, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 13, 2022

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LILLEY: Learning Loss Is Real, but Our Governor Is AWOL

“Where is Gov. Murphy?” asks the Star-Ledger editorial board, noting that our governor is essentially AWOL when it comes to addressing learning loss caused by extended school […]

September 12, 2022

By Contributor at September 12, 2022

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MATSIKOUDIS: New Jersey Can Remedy the Teacher Shortage By Easing Regulations and Eligibility

Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis serves as a member of the Assembly Education Committee and the Joint Committee on Public Schools. She represents parts of Morris, Somerset […]

September 9, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 9, 2022

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LILLEY: Teacher Shortage? Old News to Union Chiefs Who Just Ignore What Young Educators Want

Why is there a teacher shortage? It turns out the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), knew the answer all along: young […]