April 13, 2021
JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high quality schools for all New Jersey students, released today a framework for state actions to accelerate student learning through […]
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April 12, 2021
The day program my son Jonah attends has been closed for thirteen months. Like many parents and caregivers of adults with disabilities, we’re holding on […]
April 5, 2021
As we head into the final term of the 2020-2021 school year (and kick its butt on the way out the door), policy-makers, school leaders, […]
April 1, 2021
This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey? Two years ago, with some trepidation, Sasha Latham (not […]
February 23, 2021
Rest easy, Garden State. The Biden Administration and its U.S. Department of Education has now made the tough decision for us. The decision no one […]
February 17, 2021
Last week at a virtual meeting with the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, New Jersey School Boards Association staff testified on how […]
December 16, 2020
Last week the New Jersey State Senator passed a bill, S-3214, mandating that Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillen “require each school district to submit data on […]
August 25, 2020
I’ve had a lot of superintendents, a lot of principals from my area reach out lamenting kind of the lack of guidance they have received […]
August 20, 2020
It’s a domino effect: Despite Gov. Murphy’s resistance to lengthy periods of online instruction, district after district — 150 at last count—is ignoring him and […]
August 14, 2020
In my experience, school superintendents are gracious and diplomatic when faced with hardships, whether dealt unexpected cuts in state aid, new regulations, or community uproars. […]
June 18, 2020
The pattern was already there: New Jersey’s Department of Education, when faced complex issues, punts instead. We’ve seen this with the moribund “Charter School Act […]
June 9, 2020
“I’m so angry right now that I’m trying to contain myself,” Ruiz, D-Essex, told state Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet during an Education Committee hearing. “If […]