The Math 8 Pivot: Inside the BHPSNJ March Curriculum Minutes
NJ21st recently noticed that committee meeting minutes had not been uploaded to the district website since October 2025 (Finance and...
Gatekeeping Honors, Forcing Physics: The Contradictions of Academic Placement in Berkeley Heights
Berkeley Heights School District touts the number of students in our district who take AP Classes. It also takes pride...
The $333 Million Hole: Why NJ School Health Premiums are Set to Explode
If you thought this year was bad for school budgets, 2027 is asking you to hold its beer. The state...
Your Property Taxes at Work: From Roof Repairs to $25,000 Flagpoles for Our Schools
-Eliza Schleifstein Every spring across New Jersey, local Boards of Education begin approving motions to move forward on capital projects—roof...
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...
NJGPA Hits Another Snag as Some Students May Need to Retake Portions of the Test
We have gotten reports that various schools throughout the 21st have experienced a glitch that may require students to re-take...
NJDOE’s Ghost Deliverables: No Evidence for Adaptive Test Accuracy One Year into Rollout
After more than two months of emails and records requests between NJ21st and the NJ DOE, the New Jersey Department...
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...
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...