April 27, 2023

With All 120 Seats Up For Election, NJEA’s PAC Makes Early Endorsements for 20 New Jersey Legislators

The New Jersey Education Association’s 125-member political action committee (NJEA PAC) has voted to endorse eight candidates for the New Jersey Senate and 12 candidates […]
April 20, 2023

Will the State Senate Really Privilege Politics Over the Needs of 60,000 Students?

A bill that would provide facilities funding equity for public charter schools is stuck in legislative limbo. The stakes are high:  New Jersey’s charters, heavily […]
April 18, 2023

Murphy Signs Bill Requiring Survey to Evaluate Holocaust and Genocide Curriculum in New Jersey’s Public Schools

Late yesterday Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (A4720) requiring the Commissioner of Education, in conjunction with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, to craft […]
April 12, 2023

Murphy’s Commissioner Rules That Districts Can Continue to Hold Special Education Families ‘Hostage’

Two months ago Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan ruled on a case that has wide implications for students with disabilities and their parents. The ruling […]
April 5, 2023

Murphy Administration Chooses Optics Over Substance: Looking at DOE’s Climate Change Revisions

As we reported Monday, later this morning, Gov. Phil Murphy’s Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan will urge the State Board of Education to lower “cut scores” […]