August 31, 2020
It’s a failure at the state level. It is simply inadequate for the state to issue guidance and say, ‘You’re on your own to figure […]
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August 28, 2020
Education Law Center, which litigated the Abbott v. Burke cases, issued this statement late yesterday, informing Gov. Murphy and the State Legislature that New Jersey […]
August 28, 2020
A New Jersey parent emailed NJLB to express her thoughts on the New Jersey Department of Education’s management of school reopenings. At her request, this […]
August 26, 2020
Mike La Susa, Superintendent of School District of the Chathams in Morris County, is in a tough spot: His reopening plan still calls for in-district […]
August 25, 2020
I’ve had a lot of superintendents, a lot of principals from my area reach out lamenting kind of the lack of guidance they have received […]
August 20, 2020
It’s a domino effect: Despite Gov. Murphy’s resistance to lengthy periods of online instruction, district after district — 150 at last count—is ignoring him and […]
August 17, 2020
Dear Governor Murphy, Today you have an op-ed in NJ Spotlight asserting that New Jersey’s education system is a “gem” and one hallmark of that […]
August 13, 2020
Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Requiring Schools to Open for In-Person Instruction and Permitting Districts to Provide Remote-Only Instruction if They Cannot Meet Health and […]
August 12, 2020
It’s been two years since I began covering the deterioration of the New Jersey Department of Education under the commissioner appointed by Governor Murphy, Lamont Repollet. […]
August 12, 2020
According to a source who spoke to Advance Media, New Jersey’s nearly 600 school districts will not be able to simply chose to go all-remote, […]
August 12, 2020
At 1:00 this afternoon Governor Phil Murphy will hold a press conference with Interim Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer. According to reports, Murphy will backtrack from […]
August 11, 2020
Yesterday I wrote of an accelerating pattern of school districts defying direct mandates from Phil Murphy and the state Department of Education by choosing to […]