October 25, 2021
On Tuesday, October 19th, JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high-quality schools for all New Jersey students, launched a new webinar to provide New Jersey’s parents, […]
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October 6, 2021
For the last eighteen months, New Jersey parents have watched and waited for the State Department of Education to clarify confusion and concern about their […]
September 14, 2021
As children return to school after an unprecedented year of learning disruption, we face huge challenges in getting students back on track. While some parents […]
June 4, 2021
As the New Jersey Department of Education recently announced grant amounts to school districts from the American Rescue Plan, Newark-based non-profit Project Ready commissioned a poll by […]
June 3, 2021
DUFFY: These Three New Jersey School Districts Are Using Federal Money Wisely to Accelerate Learning
Janellen Duffy is a senior adviser to JerseyCAN: The New Jersey Campaign for Achievement Now. This first appeared in NJ Spotlight. $4.3 billion dollars. That […]
May 28, 2021
On March 11th, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $1.9 trillion “emergency legislative package to fund vaccinations, […]
April 12, 2021
What is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021? You may have heard it as the “second big COVID stimulus,” but the actual name is […]
February 22, 2021
New Jerseyans love to complain about their property taxes —with some justification. According to WalletHub, we pay the highest property taxes in the country, with […]
December 11, 2020
Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy’s office and the New Jersey Department of Education made a joint announcement with great fanfare: They have created “Addressing Student Learning […]
September 3, 2020
One week ago the New Jersey School Boards Association published a report called “Choosing The Best ‘Road Back’ for Our Children.” Here, NJSBA explains the […]
July 23, 2020
Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy gave a coronavirus press conference and made several references to school openings. If you recall (if not, click here), on Monday […]
June 17, 2020
In 1997 Michael Kinsley wrote, “the scandal isn’t the illegal behavior–the scandal is what’s legal.” He was referring to allegations about fund-raising corruption in the […]