May 17, 2021
While K-12 educators are generally underpaid for the critical work they do, sometimes they earn more than you’d think, especially in New Jersey which has […]
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May 17, 2021
Last week New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released a “report” that tries to prove the state takeover of Camden Public Schools in 2013 didn’t result […]
February 22, 2021
This is a press release from New Jersey State Senators Steve Sweeney, Vin Gopal, and Declan O’Scanlon, who just introduced bipartisan legislation intended to incentivize […]
January 5, 2021
This post, by Tim Evans, analyzes the relationship between school district fragmentation and the role it may play in fostering and maintaining a racially and […]
September 23, 2020
This is the first in a series of three pieces on my changing views of publicly-funded vouchers to parochial and private schools. The second is […]
September 16, 2020
New Jersey Schools Failed the Remote Learning Test in March. Here Are 3 Ways to Get September Right.
For the last two years I’ve been reporting on the disarray at the New Jersey Department of Education. Suddenly I’m not the only one. In […]
September 14, 2020
A few notes from last Thursday’s State Senate Budget Committee hearing, with Interim Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer in the hot seat, poor soul. […]
July 30, 2020
It’s not a secret how all this should work. When anticipating prolonged school closures, states need to set clear expectations for the quality of learning […]
April 17, 2020
We’re about 5 weeks into our coronavirus lock-down in New Jersey, about a month since much of America has embarked on a national experiment of […]
January 24, 2020
Last week I wrote about a lawsuit currently before Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson which charges that New Jersey’s public schools are unconstitutionally segregated due […]
August 15, 2019
Last year I interviewed Tafshier Cosby-Thomas about her educational experiences in Newark, both as a student and a parent. At the time of that interview, […]
July 8, 2019
This is a guest post by Tommy Luna who is currently entering his 10th year as an eighth grade math teacher at Newark’s Rise Academy. […]