“When someone shows you who they are,” said Maya Angelou, “believe them the first time.” This would have been good advice for Education Commissioner Lamont
I was a school board member for twelve years, including nine years as president. I thought I’d seen it all, including fraught negotiations with unions.
I’ll bet you know that the pace of charter school growth has slowed throughout the country. But you may not know that while approvals of
Let’s say you’re a New Jersey parent of a current 10th grader. Your child, like one-third of New Jersey students, took Algebra 1 in 8th
Everyone’s talking about the exodus of experienced and qualified staff members at the Schools Development Authority, a product of nepotism directed by Murphy appointee Lizette
Today Gov. Phil Murphy gave his 2019 budget address. He’s proposing, as part of this 38.6 billion spending plan, an additional $351 million as the
Yesterday I wrote that the nepotism and subsequent dysfunction within certain state departments (looking at you, Department of Education) is not a bug but a
Various news outlets are reporting on a second scandal (the first was Al Alvarez) at the School Development Authority, the agency that manages about $11
True confession: I started writing a post a few days ago on the demise of an important piece of legislation, Senate Bill 3381, that would
Last week I wrote about the disparities in pay between rank and file educators and those who work in the offices of NJEA, N.J.’s largest