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RICCARDS: Biden Administration Boldly Declares Importance of Measuring Academic Impact of Pandemic Year

Patrick Riccards February 23, 2021

Rest easy, Garden State. The Biden Administration and its U.S. Department of Education has now made the tough decision for us. The decision no one

NJEducationAid: New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Fictions on NJ’s Outmigration

New Jersey Education Aid February 17, 2021

There is a lot of room to argue about the causes of NJ’s high rate of domestic outmigration.  Reasonable people can disagree about what role

Choosing the Best New Jersey Private School for Children with Special Needs

contributor February 16, 2021

Julie Mower is Executive Director of The Phoenix Center, an accredited non-profit, private school that serves nearly 140 students ages 5-21 with autism, multiple disabilities,

Here’s What Mark Weber Gets Wrong About Camden Charter Schools’ Impact on Teacher Diversity

Laura Waters February 12, 2021

Mark Weber may have anticipated feeling a trifle abashed after this week’s publication of  a data-driven apolitical analysis he wrote for the Fordham Institute. In

JAMES: Newark Superintendent — ‘Roger the Dodger’–Ignores the Needs of Our Kids While We Pay For It

Oscar James February 11, 2021

Last Fall, I questioned Newark’s Superintendent Roger León for reporting to the Governor, our Mayor, and Newark parents that our city’s public school attendance rate

LILLEY: Where Do You Stand on Vaccines, Montclair Mayor/NJEA Veep Sean Spiller?

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center February 9, 2021

There has been a lot of reporting on the Montclair schools re-opening dispute, but that the press has neglected to ask NJEA Vice president/Montclair Mayor

RICCARDS: 48 U.S. States Teach Reading More Effectively Than New Jersey

Patrick Riccards February 8, 2021

“Follow the science.” For nearly a year now, that has been the mantra governing all decisions regarding New Jersey’s public schools. If we are going

LILLEY: Sean Spiller’s Dual Role as Montclair Mayor and Union VP Is a Massive Conflict of Interest in School Reopening Battle

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center February 4, 2021

NJEA Vice President and Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s massive conflict of interest has reared its ugly head at precisely the wrong time: right in the

COMMENTARY: Will NJ’s New Ed Commissioner Plant Her Flag With Camden Families or Union Lobbyists?

Laura Waters February 3, 2021

Over the last two years I’ve documented the power New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) wields over the Murphy Administration and his Department of Education (DOE).

JAMES: ‘Roger the Dodger’ León Threatened to Sue Me But I’ll Still Call Him Out on 3,000 Missing Newark Students

Oscar James February 1, 2021

I am sharing with you the rumblings I am now hearing about Newark Superintendent Roger León.  After my last post I received a boatload of

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