July 23, 2019
“New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s older brother, Cary Booker, has made headlines recently after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, hired him for a […]
July 15, 2019
On Friday I wrote a post that described Lakewood Board of Education’s July 1st meeting when the Board shut down the school district because the […]
June 27, 2019
On Monday night the Lakewood Board of Education held a public meeting that, per tradition, didn’t lack for theatrics. When Governor Phil Murphy handed his […]
June 25, 2019
Late last week JerseyCAN issued a report called “The Real Test: Are We Committed to Excellence and Equity in New Jersey?” I recommend you read […]
June 24, 2019
This morning at a New Jersey Department of Education Division meeting Assistant Commissioner of Student Services Carolyn Marano announced that she is retiring on August […]
June 20, 2019
On Tuesday, right after I put up this post, Lakewood Public Schools’ attorney Michael Inzelbuch filed an emergency motion to stop implementation of the budget […]
June 18, 2019
There’s lots of coverage today on the New Jersey State Legislature’s rewrite of the Governor’s budget. Murphy included a millionaire’s tax and $250 million in […]
June 10, 2019
Every year school administrators and central office staff wig out right before October 15th. Why? That’s the date when districts must submit detailed files on […]
June 6, 2019
I stand corrected. Yesterday, in reporting on a rumor about the departure of Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, I noted that “17 out of 55 leadership […]
June 5, 2019
The New Jersey Department of Education is rife with gossip, as many workplaces are, but in my experience gossip spreads more quickly when staff morale […]