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Here’s Why You Should Care About the DOE’s Poor Oversight of Asbury Park (Plus, Three Bonus Rumors)

Laura Waters January 12, 2021

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Asbury Park school board members and administrators must be breathing a sigh of relief: Yesterday’s →

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Breaking: Murphy Waives High School Graduation Tests & Data-Informed Teacher Evaluations

njleftbehind January 11, 2021

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Press Release from the Governor’s Office– Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 214 to affect the →

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Paterson Public School District Regains Local Control

njleftbehind January 6, 2021

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This release is courtesy of InsiderNJ. For context, among the 25,000 students in the district, →

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Why Is Education Law Center Discounting Parent Support for Charter Schools in Deference to NJEA?

Guest Blogger January 4, 2021

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Jasmine Morrison is a parent activist in Newark with two sons in charter schools. For →

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As States Distribute COVID Vaccinations, Parents of People With Disabilities Need Answers, Not Brush-Offs

Laura Waters December 21, 2020

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A new study from Oxford University in England, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine →

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Breaking: NJ Legislature Prepares to Act on Bill to Help Kids, Despite Inaction From DOE and Opposition From Lobbyists

njleftbehind December 16, 2020

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Last week the New Jersey State Senator passed a bill, S-3214,  mandating  that Acting Commissioner →

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2020 in Review: NJEA Scratched Murphy’s Back and Murphy Scratched NJEA’s

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center December 15, 2020

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As we head into the end of the year, now would seem to be a →

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Two Problems With Learning Loss Grants Trumpeted by Murphy and NJ Education Department

njleftbehind December 11, 2020

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Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy’s office and the New Jersey Department of Education made a joint →

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COMMENTARY: Some Advice for NJ’s New Ed Commissioner: If We Don’t Measure, We Can’t Fix It

Laura Waters December 2, 2020

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For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by →

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We Don’t Just Need COVID Testing, Our Students Need Academic Testing Too

Laura Waters November 11, 2020

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When I was seven months pregnant with my first baby I developed a condition called →

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