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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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Surely We Can Do Better Than DeVos When It Comes to Opening Schools

Laura Waters July 16, 2020 One Comment

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Sunday morning Education Secretary Betsy DeVos went on CNN and Fox to tout her belief →

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As New Jersey Schools Struggle to Go Virtual, Here’s What We Can Learn From New Egypt High School.

Laura Waters March 17, 2020 2 Comments

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As COVID-19 continues to spread across New Jersey, “long term school closures are inevitable,” said →

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Murphy Manages To Deliver What Nobody Wants.

Laura Waters October 2, 2019 One Comment

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Governor Phil Murphy loves to talk about how he’s moving New Jersey forward but in →

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A Pro’s Advice to New Teachers: When You’re Honest About Yourself, You Give Students Permission to Be Honest Too.

Guest Blogger August 14, 2019 4 Comments

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This is a guest post by Mark Joseph, a sixth-grade math teacher at KIPP Rise →

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New Credo Study on Camden Proves That “You Can Provide More High Quality Choices for Families” and Improve Outcomes for “Students Who Have Been Most Underserved.”

Laura Waters June 28, 2019 2 Comments

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The Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University (CREDO) has almost completed  its →

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Why Is It Important That Journalists and Politicians Point Out NJEA’s Control of Governor Murphy?

Laura Waters June 4, 2019 One Comment

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Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Foundation of New Jersey raises an interesting point in a →

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Andrew Martin Corrects a Warped Narrative of Newark Public Schools That is “Long on Political Intrigue But Short on Data.”

Guest Blogger May 28, 2019 Leave a comment

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This is a guest post by Andrew Martin, who served as the Chief Data Officer →

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An Open Letter to Gov. Phil Murphy: Which Side Are You On?

Laura Waters May 21, 2019 Leave a comment

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Dear Governor Murphy, I heard you just demanded that State Board of Education member Jack →

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School Choice is Improving Prospects for Newark Schoolchildren But It’s Not Doing Much for Weber/Baker’s Analytical Acumen

Laura Waters December 15, 2017 3 Comments

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In Wednesday’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber takes aim at two recent editorials, mine and Michele Mason’s, which →

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