7 Districts, 5 Years, 1 Dashboard: A Comparative Performance Summary
Across our 7-District group proficiency rebounded from the 2021–22 post-pandemic testing period but not evenly across subjects and still below...
Chatham by the Numbers:Part 5 of Our 7-District Performance Comparison
The Fifth of Seven Reports on our 7-District Dashboard We’ll start with the housekeeping and go over the same spiel...
New Providence EMS Opposes S1421: ‘A Costly State Mandate Threatening Local Volunteers and Taxpayers’
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter received from Sandy Davies, President, and Alexander JB Pereira, Chief, of New Providence...
Budget Breakdown: Cost Drivers and Revenue Shifts in Chatham Schools
The next ’26 -’27 full preliminary budget write up is Chathams, and just like every other budget we’re breaking down...
Chatham School Budget: High Spending, Mixed Priorities, Slipping Results
Moving onto Chatham or, if you want to get fancy, the “School District of the Chathams’. It rolled out an eye-popping...
7-District ACFR Budget Comparison: Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Madison, Millburn, New Providence, Summit, and Westfield
We are very happy to present our 2026–2027 7-District Budget Hub, which features budget profiles for each district on our...
Proposed 2026-27 School Aid: How Berkeley Heights, New Providence and Other Nearby Districts Fared in New Jersey’s Budget
-Written by an Educator in the District On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill delivered her first budget address, which...
The ACFR Dashboard (Part 5): The True Cost of School Security
Up to this point in our series we took a hard look at using the ACFR to determine the trajectory...
Reimagining the “Integral” Curriculum in the School District of the Chathams
The following letter was sent to the Superintendent and BOE for the School District of the Chathams on 02/14/2026. Also...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About Special Education Costs (Part 4)
This is the fourth in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...