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December 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 21, 2023

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NJ’s Teacher Evaluation Law Is Not Dead Yet (Cue Monty Python)

New Jersey’s teacher evaluation system—once celebrated for ensuring that students will be taught by effective instructors—has suffered a long, slow deterioration. Yet it’s not too […]

December 21, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 21, 2023

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News
Opinion

CIATTARELLI: This Is Why NJ Needs Education Reform

Jack Ciattarelli, the 2021 Republican nominee for New Jersey governor and a likely 2025 gubernatorial candidate, first published this in the NJ Herald. A new New […]

December 21, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 21, 2023

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News
Opinion

Roxbury Board of Ed Gives Thumbs Up to State Transgender Policy

Fred Snowflack is a columnist for InsiderNJ. For the second time in a few weeks, a board of education has reaffirmed a state policy that protects […]

December 21, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 21, 2023

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What The Heck Is Going On In Asbury Park Today?

Asbury Park Public Schools is aroil with suspense after news broke an hour ago that Superintendent Rashawn Adams has announced a “press conference” for noon […]

December 20, 2023

By Guest Contributor at December 20, 2023

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Newark
News

At Five Newark Schools, Only One Third Grader Passed the State Reading Exam

Therese Jacob is a journalist at Tapinto Newark, where this was first published. At 12 schools, fewer than 10% of third graders are able to […]

December 20, 2023

By Laura Waters at December 20, 2023

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News

New Jersey Ranks Last In the U.S. For Including Students With Disabilities

At a panel discussion hosted by ROI, Fred Buglione, CEO of the New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Education (NJCIE), dropped a bombshell: “New Jersey is […]

COMMUNITIES

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, […]

August 24, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 24, 2023

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JerseyCAN Pleads With Murphy Administration to Leverage Literacy So Students Learn To Read

JerseyCAN pulls no punches in its latest report, “Leveraging Literacy: The Path to Education Recovery in New Jersey.” Looking closely at reading levels of New […]

August 23, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 23, 2023

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Newark
News

Two Newark Teachers Promise Legal Action Against District’s Failure To Protect Black Educators

Tammy Davis and Nubia Lumumba, English teachers at Newark’s School of Global Studies. resigned at the end of last school year due to “harassment and […]

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 […]