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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 […]

January 30, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 30, 2024

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News

National Group Points ‘Right to Read’ Advocates To Tonight’s North Hunterdon-Voorhees Meeting

PEN America, the non-profit devoted to free expression in literature and life, is notifying New Jersey residents that tonight, January 30th, the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Board […]

January 30, 2024

By Guest Contributor at January 30, 2024

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The Public Loses As Murphy and NJEA Stack the State Board of Education

Dr. Marc Gaswirth, a retired public school administrator, has written extensively for more than 40 years about public sector bargaining and school human resources. Only […]

January 30, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 30, 2024

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Press Release

Gov. Murphy’s Statement on New Education Commissioner

Governor Phil Murphy today announced his intention to nominate Kevin Dehmer to serve as the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE). […]

January 29, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 29, 2024

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News

JerseyCAN Pledges Support To Murphy’s Next Commissioner

Statement from JerseyCAN Executive Director Paula White Regarding Nomination of Kevin Dehmer for New Jersey Education Commissioner: All indicators show our next Commissioner faces truly […]

January 29, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 29, 2024

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News

Murphy Confirms Nomination of Kevin Dehmer As Next Commissioner

Governor Phil Murphy today announced his intention to nominate Kevin Dehmer to serve as the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE). […]

COMMUNITIES

September 26, 2023

By Guest Contributor at September 26, 2023

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MARTINEZ: What Getting Thrown Out of School Taught Me About Equity

Barbara Martinez is the new Executive Director of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation. This was first published in Mosaic. When I was 14 years old, […]

September 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 21, 2023

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A True Newark Hero Takes the Helm at NJCF (and a Personal Note)

A personal note on Barbara Martinez’s new position as Executive Director of New Jersey Children’s Foundation: I first met Martinez in 2017 when I spent […]

September 19, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 19, 2023

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Newark

Newark School Board President Abruptly Resigns

Last night Newark School Board president Asia Norton resigned, effective immediately. Having completed her degree at Rutgers Law School last spring, she is taking a […]

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 […]