January 4, 2024
I’ve been hard on the New Jersey Department of Education, especially during the last few years when, instead of focusing on COVID learning losses —currently […]
October 30, 2023
New Jersey is making headlines—for all the wrong reasons. Today the Star-Ledger published a piece called “Mounting Delays in N.J. Tutoring Program Called ‘Hugely Frustrating,’” […]
August 21, 2023
New Jersey’s Department of Education, with the approval of Gov. Phil Murphy, can’t stop talking about sex. As such, Murphy is doing a great job of […]
August 21, 2023
On November 7, 2023, when all 120 seats in the New Jersey Legislature are up for grabs, it’s reasonable to expect, as Ben Dworkin of […]
August 16, 2023
Gov. Phil Murphy, through his education department, has a long history of refusing to allow public charter schools to expand, despite the long lists of […]
August 15, 2023
It’s not all so bleak! A Jersey non-profit is showing that we can remediate learning loss, with spectacular results. Can we scale this? Niche Issue […]
August 11, 2023
After prolonged school closures from COVID-19, parents have lost faith in school systems. Note the astounding fact that right now more Americans trust Republicans on […]
August 10, 2023
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents have become more assertive in demanding educational rights for their children. Yet I think both the Democratic […]
August 9, 2023
One of the percolating issues in K-12 education is the “science of reading,” a research-based approach to teaching students literacy. New Jersey is one of […]
August 8, 2023
One of the struggles for families who live in large low-performing districts is finding the best public school for their child. Two of our largest […]