Last November, while Newark was plagued by a COVID-positivity rate of 22%, Montclair Mayor/NJ teacher union President-to-be Sean Spiller decided the time was ripe to
Summer school isn’t supposed to be fun. Just don’t tell that to the students and teachers at Uncommon Schools Summer Success Academy in Newark. Sure,
Erika Asikoye, who grew up in New Jersey, is the Director of the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA) at The Center for Black Educator Development in Philadelphia,
Uh oh. Just two months after Gov. Phil Murphy announced that masks would no longer be required indoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
Frustration is mounting in Asbury Park among parents, staff members, and residents . Here’s a round-up of what people are telling me. Right now it’s
Last week a brave staff member at the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) allowed me to publish his commentary on the New Jersey Center
Nicholas Sacco has many titles: Mayor, state Senator, New Jersey school administrator. And, upon retirement, Sacco’s multi-pronged career is proving quite lucrative. According to news
What is the Asbury Park School Board thinking? It’s awfully hard to tell and its nine members are not a single organism. Yet the majority
Last week news broke that Newark Superintendent Roger León had been less than honest about learning loss among the 42,000 students who attend district schools.