July 18, 2022
(This is adapted from a press release.) Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho said the Murphy administration’s confirmation that school districts will be penalized for not […]
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March 18, 2021
Yesterday the Education Committee of the New Jersey State Assembly unanimously approved Bill proposal 5374, sponsored by Assemblywomen Pamela Lampitt, Mila Jasey, and Joann Downey. […]
February 25, 2021
New Jersey Senators Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) have introduced a bill that would allow parents/guardians to request that their child repeat the […]
February 12, 2021
There’s a rift in the State Legislature: Two Assemblywomen, Pamela Lampitt and Mila Jasey, will introduce a bill next week that would require the New […]
January 25, 2021
Senate Education Chair M. Teresa Ruiz issued the following statement welcoming the Biden Administration’s move to begin collecting data on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic […]
January 19, 2021
Senator Teresa Ruiz, chair of the Senate Education Committee, just introduced a series of bills to address the lack of teacher diversity in New Jersey. […]
January 15, 2021
The New Jersey Assembly just approved a bill, A4454, that “requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion as part of implementation of […]
January 14, 2021
Two Republican legislators from Monmouth County, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso and Declan O’Scanlon, are calling on Governor Murphy to prioritize teachers as the state moves forward […]
December 17, 2020
This is a press release from the New Jersey Democrats. For background, see here, here, here and here. RUIZ, TURNER PUSH FOR DOE TO REPORT ON LEARNING LOSS […]
December 17, 2020
Below are excerpts from a letter sent yesterday to the New Jersey Senate by a coaltion of advocates in support of Senate bill 3214. This […]
December 8, 2020
After the U.S. education system fractured into Zoom screens last spring, experts feared millions of children would fall behind. Hard evidence now shows they were […]
December 8, 2020
This is testimony from JerseyCAN Executive Director Patricia Morgan, given yesterday at the Senate Education Committee’s hearing on Bill S3214. The bill mandates that Commissioner […]