January 12, 2026
Matthew Frankel has lived in Montclair with his family for over 20 years. He runs the strategic communications and engagement firm, MDF Strategies, where he […]
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January 5, 2026
Wells Winegar is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Policy Institute, a non-profit devoted to a stronger, more equitable New Jersey. The recent announcement […]
September 8, 2025
James MacCarthy is a public schoolteacher in Eastampton Township, New Jersey. The opinion expressed here is solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect […]
May 29, 2024
Next week Newark Teachers Union members will vote on a new five-year tentative contract that will raise salaries for educators by 4.5% each year and […]
May 21, 2024
A new survey from Educators For Excellence (E4E), “Voices from the Classroom 2024,” finds that teacher morale is at an all-time low and —contrary to […]
May 15, 2024
The Jersey Journal Editorial Board first published this here. An opinion piece in The Jersey Journal last month by Jersey City mayoral hopeful Jim McGreevey, a former […]
March 19, 2024
The Jersey Journal Editorial Board originally published this here. So here we are again. Not two years after Jersey City finally convinced the state that it could […]
February 2, 2024
It’s no surprise Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon is feeling powerful as he enters contract negotiations with district representatives.. Superintendent Roger Leon is back […]
January 4, 2024
Thanks to NJEA-friendly laws, they don’t have that choice, but Dade County, FL shows what can happen when teachers get a choice about who represents […]
January 3, 2024
Chris Cerf was Superintendent of Newark Public Schools and New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education. In the latter roll he oversaw 2,500 public schools, 1.4 million […]
January 2, 2024
Today families and staff in the South Orange-Maplewood School District received a letter from Acting Superintendent of Schools Kevin Gilbert advising them that Columbia High […]
December 21, 2023
Asbury Park Public Schools is aroil with suspense after news broke an hour ago that Superintendent Rashawn Adams has announced a “press conference” for noon […]