March 24, 2026
Ed. Note: This is an update from John Migueis, administrator of the municipal and state platform NJ21st.com, regarding the New Jersey Department of Education’s decision in August to […]
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November 19, 2025
“We love our schools, and we repeat that mantra to ourselves even in the face of mounting evidence that we have let them languish.” That’s […]
November 10, 2025
Former New Jersey Education Commissioners Lucille Davy and Chris Cerf offer guidance to Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill on how to improve our state education system so […]
January 10, 2024
During yesterday’s State of the State address, Gov. Phil Murphy claimed, in the context of his push for reforming reading instruction, “New Jersey has the […]
January 3, 2024
Chris Cerf was Superintendent of Newark Public Schools and New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education. In the latter roll he oversaw 2,500 public schools, 1.4 million […]
December 13, 2023
Joel Kupperstein is Senior Vice President of Product Strategy, Learning A-Z. All teachers have a toolbox of strategies to help with classroom management, crafting differentiated […]
June 8, 2023
How do you know whether your child is making appropriate academic progress in school? The majority of parents rely on report cards. If your child […]
January 4, 2023
For a second day in a row Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are making themselves laughing-stocks, unable to reach consensus on whether Kevin […]
January 4, 2023
Sharif El-Mekki is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. Prior to founding the Center, El-Mekki served as a nationally recognized principal […]
October 17, 2022
According to an inside source, some New Jersey school districts distributed “cheat sheets” last month for students taking the state’s standardized tests called Start Strong. […]
March 30, 2022
Newark Public Schools District just released the most recent scores on the in-district assessments that measure student learning. According to Patrick Wall at Chalkbeat, “Newark […]
February 3, 2022
With apologies to The Clash, yesterday was an embarassing one for Gov. Phil Murphy’s Department of Education. At the public meeting of the State Board […]