Senate president expected to present a package of measures, including incentives that would impact school aid
JOHN MOONEY
John Mooney is the founding editor of NJ Spotlight, starting the news site in 2009 after more than 30 years in print journalism. Before NJ Spotlight, John was an education reporter with the Newark Star-Ledger and the Bergen Record and a contributing writer for The New York Times.
(AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)Districts will measure if students are learning at, above or below grade level in language arts, math and science
(Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor's Office/CC BY-NC 2.0)The proposed budget bumps up school aid by $600 million, but some 200 districts will see cuts despite — they argue — having to come ...
The money is planned to get the state back on a seven-year track to fully fund the school aid formula.
In this virtual roundtable, participants — including acting education commissioner — go beyond buzzwords to assess how to best reach students now and post-pandemic
(Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool, File)Title: Assessment Administration Waiver Request Author: Acting education commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan, letter to U.S. Department of Education What is it: The letter is to be ...
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)It’s the latest survey of school board members, administrators and educators on pandemic’s effects
(AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, Pool)‘It is still very much a district-by-district, case-by-case’ decision, says official with the state’s most powerful teachers union
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that schools should use what it calls “key mitigation strategies” for safe reopening.
(Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office)Before joint legislative session, education chief hears of need for special effort to get public education back on track
