March 11, 2022
During Gov. Murphy’s budget speech on Tuesday, one of the items that perked ears up was his announcement that state school aid funding would increase […]
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March 11, 2022
NJEA’s officers, President Sean M. Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson, released this statement Tuesday afternoon Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address: “Gov. […]
February 4, 2022
To ensure that the school funding formula is meeting the needs of students in every school district, yesterday the Senate Education Committee approved legislation sponsored […]
February 3, 2022
Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy Perspective and it’s a doozy. […]
October 5, 2021
Anyone who reads my commentary knows that I’m a proponent of school choice, high standards and aligned assessments, school district transparency, and fair school funding. […]
October 1, 2021
The New Jersey Democratic State Committee is gleefully touting gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s interview yesterday with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer, claiming the back-and-forth is proof that […]
September 17, 2021
Bruce Baker and Mark Weber have another paper out at New Jersey Policy Perspective where they report (accurately) that systemic, structural racism disadvantages students of […]
July 21, 2021
In a blow for Lakewood’s public school students and a loss (sort of) for district administrators, Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan just ruled that […]
July 12, 2021
Once again, more flawed research was just published by New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) and Mark Weber, Ph.D., (a.k.a Jersey Jazzman). Why is it flawed? […]
May 27, 2021
The most recent battle in the endless war between Lakewood Public Schools and the State Department of Education just resulted in a loss for a […]
March 23, 2021
How high an investment is the Biden Administration making in K-12 schools through the American Rescue Plan? Choose your descriptor: From President Biden’s “big f-cking […]
March 5, 2021
I’m awfully hard on Education Law Center so it is with pleasure that I salute Executive Director David Sciarra’s candor in his comments about the […]