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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 […]

January 24, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 24, 2024

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New Competition Between Camden and Newark Will Boost Students’ College Funding

Last year NJ Ed Report covered Camden’s ““FASFA Challenge,” a competition among all city high schools—district, charter, and renaissance—that awarded $25,000 to the school where […]

January 24, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 24, 2024

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2024 ‘FAFSA Challenge’ to Pit Camden vs. Newark

Camden Education Fund and NJ Children’s Foundation Announce Challenge to Kick-Start Momentum-Building Year for College Enrollment The 2024 “FAFSA Challenge” will kick off on Thursday […]

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 […]