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December 4, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 4, 2023

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Newark’s Boys of Color Need These Six Changes, Says New Report

Opportunity You Network just released a report called “Driving Systemic Change for Boys & Young Men of Color in Newark,” which examines the “deep wounds […]

December 4, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at December 4, 2023

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New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority Highlights Two Initiatives To Address Teacher Shortages

The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) highlighted two key initiatives to help attract and retain teachers as part of the Murphy Administration’s broader efforts […]

December 1, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 1, 2023

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Gov. Murphy, Read This Before You Nominate Your Next Education Commissioner

“I wish her all the best. I hope Gov. Murphy understands his next selection [for Education Commissioner] must understand the gravity of students’ learning loss […]

December 1, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 1, 2023

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News
Opinion

This Is How My Dyslexic Son Learned to Read

Ed. Note: This guest contributor wishes to remain anonymous and notes he is a highly-trained educator who did not know what his child needed or […]

December 1, 2023

By NJER Newsroom at December 1, 2023

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Press Release

NJEA Endorses Five ‘Pro-Education’ Incumbents

On NJEA’s recommendation, the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education has endorsed five New Jersey congressional incumbents for reelection in 2024. These endorsements are […]

COMMUNITIES

August 1, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 1, 2023

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Newark
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Newark Leaders Struggle to Retain Black Teachers Who Report Racial Harassment And Indifference

According to John Abeigon, president of the Newark Teachers Union, while Superintendent Roger Leon and his administration team seem to recognize that student success is […]

July 31, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 31, 2023

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Only In Asbury Park Is Nepotism a Win for Students

According to inside sources at Asbury Park schools, the Administration, with complicity of the majority of the school board, is once again engaging in nepotism. […]

July 28, 2023

By Laura Waters at July 28, 2023

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New Analysis: Post-COVID, New Jersey’s Achievement Gaps Have Become Gulfs

AssessmentHQ, a project from the Collaborative for Student Success, just released its most recent state-by-state database on how the COVID-19 school disruptions have affected student […]

OPINION

June 8, 2022

By Contributor at June 8, 2022

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Opinion

GOODMAN: High-Stakes Tests Don’t Help Students Learn. Why Don’t We Try This New Model Instead?

Ten years ago Robert Goodman, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning (NJCTL), wrote a paper exploring a new way […]

June 6, 2022

By Paula White at June 6, 2022

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WHITE: For Vanessa, And All Our Vanessas To Come

When bureaucratic shenanigans and red tape play Russian roulette with children’s lives, we all suffer. I was reminded of this by a recent LinkedIn inbox […]

June 3, 2022

By Laura Waters at June 3, 2022

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COMMENTARY: Murphy Treats Low-Income Families as Political Footballs As He Shuts Down Their Best Schools

Late yesterday Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan sent a letter to Newark’s University Heights Charter School that decreed, based on “subjective conclusions reported from one […]