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December 7, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 7, 2023

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Newark
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New Report: Newark (Almost) Tops the List For Students Opting Out of District Schools

A new report from the Fordham Institute examines the 125 largest districts in the nation to gauge how much competition they face from charter and […]

December 7, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 7, 2023

Topic

Newark

Lawyers Take Home $2.4 Million in Efforts to Regain Newark School Buildings Sold For $1.8 Million

Matt Kadosh first published this at TapintoNewark. The legal costs of the Newark School Board’s efforts to reacquire two buildings sold by the previous administration […]

December 7, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at December 7, 2023

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News

Assemblywoman Angela McKnight Calls on DOE to Not Cut Childcare Providers’ Pay

Assemblywoman Angela McKnight (D-Hudson County) is tirelessly fighting to have the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) rescind their directive to stop paying childcare providers […]

December 6, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 6, 2023

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Finally, State Education Department Publicly Discloses Student Test Results

Today, during the monthly public State Board of Education meeting, the New Jersey Department of Education released statewide student test scores from spring’s 2023 NJ […]

December 6, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 6, 2023

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News

Tip To Murphy: Stop Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Different Result.

Tomorrow, Thursday, December 7th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will not interview Mary Bennett for a spot on the New Jersey State Board of Education. This […]

December 6, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at December 6, 2023

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Camden
News

Camden Education Fund Provides $10,000 for 2023 Black Men in Education Convening

Positive role models among teachers can have a positive impact on a student’s educational success, and the relationship is especially true for Black students who […]

COMMUNITIES

August 29, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 29, 2023

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Governor Spiller? New Jersey Teachers Should Follow Their Money

According to Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Foundation of New Jersey, Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Sean Spiller is using teacher union dues to fund his campaign […]

August 28, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 28, 2023

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Camden
News

New Report: Camden Is Top Loser In Fair Charter School Funding

A new national study calculates how states cheat public charter schools out of money and Camden, New Jersey, where almost 60 percent of students attend […]

August 28, 2023

By Guest Contributor at August 28, 2023

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TRACTENBERG: Murphy’s Education Department Is Failing Lakewood Students

Paul Tractenberg is a Board of Governors Professor of Law Emeritus at Rutgers Law School in Newark and co-counsel to the student plaintiffs in Alcantara, […]

OPINION

July 12, 2022

By Contributor at July 12, 2022

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News
Opinion

NJ Teacher: Meddling Parents and School Boards Are Driving Teachers to Quit

This is a letter by retired New Jersey teacher Freya Gervasi of Denville. Regarding the recent op-ed, “N.J. needs policies that encourage people to join the […]

July 11, 2022

By Laura Waters at July 11, 2022

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COMMENTARY: These Three NJ Schools Defy Murphy Administration’s Push for Low Standards

Hindsight is golden but here’s what we know: School closures and remote instruction during the 2020-2021 school year were academic and emotional disasters for most […]

July 9, 2022

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

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LILLEY: New Jersey Teachers, Your Union Dues Paid NJEA Director $2.5 Million in 2019

Now we know: New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) retiring Executive Director Ed Richardson was paid $2,485,357 in 2019. As executive director from 2013 to 2019, […]