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October 7, 2022

Three Adults Charged With Inciting a Riot at Trenton Central High; District Issues Statement, DOE Sits on Its Hands

Back in June, L.A. Parker of the Trentonian noted that “nothing had changed” at Trenton Central High School since 2005 when a riot of hundreds […]
August 30, 2022

Judge Slams Trenton City Council President’s Refusal to Approve District Budget and Orders Compliance

Late yesterday Mercer County Judge Robert Lougy put an end to Trenton City Council President Kathy McBride’s antics—she was refusing to “approve” the local portion […]
August 17, 2022

Trenton Schools, Teachers Union, and NJEA Press Court to Save Jobs and Programs from Wrath of City Council President

Trenton Public Schools District now has company as it tries to repair the damage from City Council President Kathy McBride’s refusal to approve $24.2 million […]
May 12, 2022

‘Doing Less Was Not an Option.’ How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.

Note: Achievers Early College Prep is one of seven high-performing public charters with previously-approved expansions that the Murphy Administration’s Education Department recently reversed. Currently 90 […]
May 2, 2022

Trenton Charter School Leader: Murphy’s Education Department Is Privileging Politics Over Children

Over the last six weeks NJ Education Report has interviewed Trenton and Newark mothers to assess their reactions to the Murphy Administration’s decision to revoke […]
April 12, 2022

NJ Assembly Members To Murphy’s Ed Department: What’s the Plan? Our Kids Can’t Wait.

Yesterday the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee held a hearing on Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $48.9 billion budget and, at least briefly, K-12 education was […]
March 1, 2022

COMMENTARY: Trenton Mothers Plead With Murphy, ‘Don’t Cut Our Children’s Wings’

Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t understand why urban charter school parents are furious with him. Multiple outlets, from The Star-Ledger to the Washington Post (yours truly […]