Seven-District Dashboard for Academic Proficiency Shows Mixed Results by Grade Band
Elementary schools continue to rank highly while middle schools and high schools struggle. -Written by an Educator in our District Earlier this month, NJ.com published a data table for school districts grouped by county in all 21 counties. The article can be found here. This below data lists and summarizes data from NJ21’s traditional seven-district data dashboard: Berkeley Heights,...
From Top-Performing Elementaries to Troubled Middles: Union County School Proficiency Scores Ranked
New Providence and Westfield dominate early grades, while middle schools lag across nearly every district -Written by an Educator in the District Nj.com has published a data table for Union County schools reflecting how well schools performed primarily in academics. Data for any of New Jersey’s other counties can also be found on nj.com. According to the Union County article,...
Four Years of Shining a Light
This past year reminded us why we started NJ21st in the first place. We wanted to create a space where the community could get the full story — not just the one pushed out by press releases and polished PR. A place where people could freely challenge those in power, ask hard questions, and speak to authority confident in the belief that...
Independent but Not Alone: NJ21st Joins LION Publishers
We’re so happy to share that NJ21st has been accepted as a member of LION Publishers. LION is dedicated to bringing local journalism back and reversing the rise of news deserts by helping independent publishers build sustainable news organizations. Their board includes respected leaders from across the journalism and media landscape, and their vetting process is rigorous—making this a particularly...
Benefits of a High School American Sign Language Program
Governor Livingston High School offers ASL program that benefits many populations of students -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Governor Livingston High School (GLHS) offers the rare gem of an American Sign Language (ASL) program that benefits students with both hearing-related and non-hearing related learning differences, as well as an elective course offering. GLHS offers four world...
Candidate Statements, Endorsements, and Your Role in the 2025 Elections
With the election fast approaching, we want to clarify NJ21st’s approach to the 2025 campaign season. We’ve reached out to all declared candidates running for office (contested races) in the 21st Legislative District and invited them to use our platform in sharing substantive candidate statements. Dunellen and Middlesex Borough Candidates email addresses weren’t available so we submitted OPRA requests to...
NJ21st Is Now a Registered Nonprofit
Founded in 2021, NJ21st (formerly Berkeley Heights Community Watch) emerged in direct response to the secretive and poorly executed reconfiguration of Berkeley Heights Public Schools — a decision our community is still paying for today. We began with a clear promise: to hold every Board of Education member and the Superintendent accountable for the consequences of that process. We kept...
7-District Dashboard Performance on the ACT
Millburn Leads ACT Scores Across All Categories, Berkeley Heights Fares Better -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community After a Berkeley Heights Board of Education (BHBOE) on March 18th where SAT scores were presented (video linked here), we decided to look into the other main postsecondary admissions test: The ACT. The findings were that Governor Livingston High School...
NJ21st 04/27/2025 Newsletter
This week’s newsletter opens with a deep dive into the budget. After a month of the District illegally withholding the full document, the line-item version was finally released to NJ21st — but only the day after the BOE meeting, effectively stripping the public of any opportunity to review it beforehand. Even so, we expose the District’s familiar shell game: budgeting...
7-District Dashboard Comparison of SAT Scores
Millburn on top while Berkeley Heights behind neighboring districts in SAT Math, Reading & Writing -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Following the March 18th Berkeley Heights Board of Education (BHBOE) meeting where SAT scores were presented (video linked here), we would like to conduct a further analysis of SAT scores to the seven-district dashboard typically used...
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