Miguel Cardona Archives - NJ Education Report
April 3, 2023

SCOOP: In a Fit of Dishonesty, Murphy’s Education Department Will Try To Lower Standards. All Eyes on the State Board.

Earlier this year U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona warned state education departments throughout the country they must keep academic standards high instead of creating the […]
May 11, 2022

EXPLAINER: What Is the Charter Schools Program and Why Are Equity Advocates So Angry With Biden?

Today thousands of Americans are gathered in Washington D.C., protesting the Biden Administraton’s gutting of a 37-year law called the Charter School Program (CSP). Through […]
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 […]
December 1, 2021

Education Law Center as ‘Brainless Cult’? New Jerseyans Weigh In on Feds’ Rejection of Murphy’s School Aid Allocations

Yesterday Education Law Center celebrated the news that the U.S. Education Department has ordered the Murphy Administration to increase state allocations for Fiscal Year 2022 […]