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NJ Assembly Passes Diversity and Inclusion Bill, Despite Objections to Teaching Young Children About Sexual Identity

njleftbehind January 15, 2021

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The New Jersey Assembly just approved a bill, A4454, that “requires school districts to include →

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What’s Another $32.5 Million? Doing the Math in Lakewood Public Schools

njleftbehind January 7, 2021

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The Asbury Park Press reports that Rabbi Osher Eisemann, founder of the Lakewood private special →

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National Disability Advocates: If Biden’s Transition Team Cares About Equity and Access, It Won’t Choose Eskelsen Garcia as Education Secretary

njleftbehind December 11, 2020

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This is the full copy of a letter sent yesterday to the Biden/Harris transition team →

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Shavar Jeffries, Montclair Public Schools, and the ESSA Shell Game

Laura Waters September 25, 2018 2 Comments

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I once heard a Montclair High School student describe how he could tell whether a →

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DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs

Laura Waters July 6, 2018 Leave a comment

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I’m detecting a trend. Recently, The Atlantic ran a piece that catalogues the Trump administration’s disregard of →

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Guest Post: The State Must Immediately Take Over the Lakewood Board of Education

Guest Blogger July 5, 2018 2 Comments

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Michael Hoban was an educator for 48 years, teaching at the elementary, high school and →

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It Doesn’t Just Happen at Starbucks. Teachers Need Racial Bias Training Too.

Guest Blogger May 29, 2018 Leave a comment

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Zachary Wright is the 12th-grade world literature and AP Literature teacher at Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus where →

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Sheesh, SCHI: A Civil Rights Complaint, Plus the Director of Lakewood Special Ed School Accused of Stealing Million Dollars from the District

Laura Waters April 19, 2018 4 Comments

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Last week Rabbi Osher Eisemann, the founder of the School for Hidden Intelligence (SCHI), previously arrested →

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Here’s What It’s Like to Have a Teacher Think You Can’t Write Because You’re a Black Boy From Trenton.

Laura Waters February 26, 2018 Leave a comment

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(This piece, originally published at Education Post, is by Tre Johnson, a freelance writer on race, →

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Fishing for Integrity in Lakewood

Laura Waters February 21, 2018 One Comment

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Two weeks ago Jersey Matters interviewed State Senator Robert Singer about Lakewood Public Schools’ practice →

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