February 19, 2026
From Montclair to Hackensack to Perth Amboy to Jefferson Township, we hear regular reports of school districts running out of money, sometimes due to lax […]
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December 16, 2025
What is going on in this graph at the bottom that juxtaposes the number of New Jersey educators with the number of students enrolled in […]
March 31, 2025
Correction: This article originally said schools in NJ would lose $1 million. This was based on USED spreadsheets. The Murphy Administration says it is $85 […]
July 31, 2024
When the federal government allotted $190 billion to school districts throughout the nation in an attempt to address learning loss caused by Covid-19, Newark Public […]
July 29, 2024
A few months after Newark Public Schools revealed that third grade reading proficiency hadn’t budged at 19%, the same as the previous year, the school […]
May 1, 2024
As part of the Murphy Administration’s campaign to provide families with universal access to high-quality preschool throughout the state, Governor Phil Murphy and Acting Education […]
April 24, 2024
School districts throughout America are confronting the “fiscal cliff” they’ll face next year after the federal Covid emergency funds expire. In New Jersey we have […]
April 18, 2024
This week Acting Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer and Chief Executive Officer of the Schools Development Authority (SDA) Manuel Da Silva answered tough questions about Gov. […]
February 12, 2024
There is much talk about New Jersey’s teacher shortage and, indeed, there is cause for concern. Currently we have 2,000 teachers less than we did […]
January 25, 2024
Back in 2021 the Biden Administration announced the American Rescue Plan, intended to fund educational learning loss, courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic. The whole package […]
June 9, 2023
Tafshier Cosby has three adult children and three grandchildren. She is the CEO of Parent Impact and the senior director of organizing and partnership at the National Parents […]
September 28, 2022
It’s not often that I get a chance to browse through school board agendas but once in a while I take a poke at Lakewood […]