What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 1)
This is the first in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...
A4121 Passes Assembly as Lawmakers Move to Eliminate the NJGPA
Adding to a pile of lame-duck high impact bills, A4121- which would eliminate the NJGPA (high school graduation proficiency test)...
2024-2025 7-District Dashboard – A Preliminary Look at Next Year’s School Performance Reports
Every year we provide a preliminary look at what the April School Performance reports will look like based on the...
NJ Education Report Contribution on School Safety Data
This article from NJ21st’s John Migueis published in the NJ Education Report, reviews New Jersey’s official student safety data and...
NJ Education Report Highlights Concerns Connected to New Jersey’s Testing and Accountability Overhaul
NJ Education Report – one of the state’s most widely read education platforms – highlighted our recent analysis on the...
This Week’s NJ Legislative Preview – University Merger, PFAS Bans and Consumer Protections
S4881 – Merger of New Jersey City University With Kean University | Senate Higher Education CommitteeMonday, 11/17/2025 @ 11am NJCU’s...
Video: New NJ School Tests + New Scoring System: Will This Hide Declining Performance?
New Jersey is changing both the state tests and the accountability system at the same time. Adaptive testing means students...
Public Confidence Demands Transparency on New NJ DOE Accountability Metrics
I emailed DOE Commissioner Kevin Dehmer, Monday, on his department’s 10/15/2025 memo outlining changes to New Jersey’s Every Student Succeeds...
Four Policies Every BOE Can Implement that Would Work to Improve Schools for Students
And no, this isn’t “micro-managing”- this is literally their jobs: Policy Title: Instructional Framework and Lesson DesignAuthority: N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1; N.J.A.C....
Correction and Clarification on Board Authority Over Instruction…no nothing really changes
In The BOE Can, In Fact, Wipe Its Ass Without Permission I referenced an older version of state law that...