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August 4, 2022

BREAKING: Murphy’s Education Commissioner Orders State Board To Recognize Her ‘Competence’

Here’s a best practice for state departments of education: treat oversight boards respectfully and communicate all proposals in advance of public hearings. Yet at yesterday’s […]
July 9, 2022

LILLEY: New Jersey Teachers, Your Union Dues Paid NJEA Director $2.5 Million in 2019

Now we know: New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) retiring Executive Director Ed Richardson was paid $2,485,357 in 2019.  As executive director from 2013 to 2019, […]
April 12, 2022

EL-MEKKI: We Have an Education Crisis in Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

Sharif El-Mekki is the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. He is a former principal of Mastery Charter School–Shoemaker Campus and […]
August 4, 2021

NJ Education Department: Schools Must Heal Emotional Trauma Before Addressing Learning Loss

Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) held its third annual Statewide Equity Conference, with an emphasis on providing emotional support, creating “healing spaces,” […]
June 29, 2021

The Big Reveal: This is Why the Anti-Choice Crowd Wants to Stop Newark’s Charter School Expansion

When the New Jersey State Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that seven public charter schools in Newark could go forward with their long-planned expansions, […]