July 27, 2021
In June Gov. Phil Murphy decreed that this September all schools must provide in-person full-time instruction and the days of virtual learning are over. “I […]
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March 3, 2021
“I herewith specifically do NOT give consent to the use of goguardian on my son’s devices! Coming from a cultural background with back-to-back totalitarian regimes […]
September 29, 2020
I want to talk about one of the many reasons I started Newark Neighborhood View and one of the many reasons I can’t sleep at […]
September 10, 2020
Dear readers, my writing is sparse this week and here’s why: On Tuesday morning, for the first time in six months since programs for adults […]
August 17, 2020
Dear Governor Murphy, Today you have an op-ed in NJ Spotlight asserting that New Jersey’s education system is a “gem” and one hallmark of that […]
August 5, 2020
Governor Phil Murphy is trying to juggle the academic needs of schoolchildren, valid health concerns of teachers, and a sudden uptick of Covid-19 cases as […]
August 3, 2020
Below is a letter, dated yesterday, from Lakewood attorney Michael Inzelbuch to the leaders of the Lakewood Education Association, Kimberlee Shaw and Tracy Paolantonio. Lakewood […]
May 6, 2020
In mid-March President Trump told a group of governors they were on their own in searching for respirators to help those stricken with the coronavirus. […]
April 23, 2020
Joicki Floyd is an English teacher at Newark’s Weequahic High School which, like the rest of New Jersey, is relying on remote instruction during coronavirus […]
April 21, 2020
Yogi Berra proclaimed (perhaps apocryphally), “predictions are difficult, especially about the future.” I have no crystal ball but, whenever this pandemic subsides, I think we’re […]
April 10, 2020
These are hard times. We’ve all had to make changes in the way we live, learn, and work. It’s no surprise that state education bureaucracies […]
April 8, 2020
This is a post by my friend and colleague Zachary Wright, a national finalist for the United States Department of Education’s School Ambassador Fellowship. Zach is […]