March 1, 2021
South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools District (SOMSD) is in an uproar: Parents and school district representatives insist it’s safe to reopen but teacher union leaders claim […]
March 1, 2021
This morning, on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” Gov. Phil Murphy announced that, beginning in two weeks, pre-kindergarten-12th grade teachers and support staff will be […]
February 26, 2021
.Yesterday the New Jersey State Department of Education issued instructions on how it will collect local assessment data. [An earlier version of this post incorrectly […]
February 25, 2021
I’ve been an empty nester since the pandemic began — happily free of the burden of managing children’s virtual learning along with all the other […]
February 25, 2021
New Jersey Senators Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) have introduced a bill that would allow parents/guardians to request that their child repeat the […]
February 24, 2021
Twenty-eight states in the U.S. are prioritizing K-12 public school teachers for covid-19 vaccine eligibility but New Jersey is not one of them. Last month […]
February 24, 2021
Jersey City Public Schools, the state’s second largest district which educates over 30,000 students, is claiming poverty: It has a projected 2021-2022 budget shortfall of […]
February 23, 2021
This afternoon Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his 2022 Budget Address. Below are some education-relevant notes, reactions from insiders, and the pre-K-12th grade education section of […]
February 22, 2021
Tomorrow Gov. Phil Murphy will propose a 2022 budget that includes an additional $578 million in school aid, according to a scoop by Carly Sitrin […]
February 22, 2021
This is a press release from New Jersey State Senators Steve Sweeney, Vin Gopal, and Declan O’Scanlon, who just introduced bipartisan legislation intended to incentivize […]