What is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021? You may have heard it as the “second big COVID stimulus,” but the actual name is
The day program my son Jonah attends has been closed for thirteen months. Like many parents and caregivers of adults with disabilities, we’re holding on
Earlier today, the US Department of Education sent a letter stating that New Jersey’s proposal to replace this spring’s NJ-SLA exams with a series of alternative assessment
Twenty-four students at Glen Rock High School in Bergen County tested positive for the novel coronavirus after returning from Spring Break so for the rest
Abdul Saleem Hasan, Ed.S., is Superintendent for East Orange Public Schools DIstrict and a former assistant state education commissioner. This first appeared in the Star-Ledger.
One week ago today, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that all public schools must be back in September for full-time in-school instruction. At a press conference
A year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down U.S. schools. A year into the pandemic, 12 million students still lack adequate broadband access at home. The Federal
Students in New Jersey school districts — primarily large urban ones — have been home for 13 months and, given the just-issued report on learning
Laura McKenna is a New Jersey parent of two teenage boys, one currently studying at Rutgers University and the other a high school student with
This morning JerseyCAN released the first statewide report that quantifies learning loss for New Jersey students during the COVID-19 school closures and reliance on remote