January 27, 2021
This just in from Montclair Local: The union representing Montclair’s teachers — locked in a dispute with the school district over whether and when to […]
- All
- Asbury Park
- Brightbeam Network
- By The Numbers
- Camden
- Communities
- COVID-19
- DOE News
- Education on the Ballot
- Educational Equity
- Election2025
- Explainers
- Featured
- General
- Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful?
- Jersey City
- Lakewood
- Local
- Montclair
- Newark
- Newark Truth
- News
- NJER Commentary
- Opinion
- Parent Voices
- Paterson
- Policy
- Press Release
- School Choice
- School News
- State
- Teacher Voices
- Technology
- Trenton
- Tutoring
- Video
- Voices
November 24, 2020
Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), founder […]
November 20, 2020
I knew something was wrong when, during what was supposed to be a full day of remote learning, my thirteen-year-old son announced at 9:30 a.m. […]
November 10, 2020
This past March NJ Left Behind broke news that a student at Asbury Park High School was caught with a gun in his backpack. Now […]
November 5, 2020
Twenty months ago NJLB reported on then-Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas’ shady use of campaign money he raised to run for his […]
September 30, 2020
Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy celebrated his victory — signing a Legislature-approved nine-month budget of $32.7 billion that includes his millionaire’s tax and a $4.5 billion […]
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 […]
July 30, 2020
This is a press release written by parents from The Ethical Community Charter School (TECCS) after a virtual school board meeting where the 150 parents […]
May 7, 2020
Later today at its public meeting the Lakewood Board of Education will approve a budget of $204 million that assumes the state will kick in […]
May 4, 2020
I’ve spent a fair bit of time recently on Asbury Park Public Schools at the behest of residents and staff members who have asked me […]
May 1, 2020
On Wednesday night the Asbury Park Board of Education held its monthly public meeting. Sort of. While other districts are finding creative ways to include […]
April 20, 2020
Three weeks ago a reader asked me an intriguing question: Is Sean Spiller, candidate for Mayor of Montclair and NJEA Vice President, actually running for […]