Summit BOE’s Year-End Agenda: $5M Bills List, Reserve Transfers and Summer Hiring Authority
The meeting starts with recognizing ’25-’26 retirees along with a presentation on the Rutgers Waksman Student Scholars Program. The superintendent’s...
SAT Score Showdown: How Our 7 Districts Ranked Statewide
We cover proficiency scores because they are the more relevant indicator in evaluating how well schools are teaching however, there...
NJDOE 2026 Special Education Determinations: Our 7 Dashboard Districts Meet Requirements But Details Vary
The NJDOE released its 2026 Local Special Education Profiles and Determinations this week which gives us an understanding of how...
Editorial: Our School Boards are the Problem
-Eliza Schleifstein is a resident of Randolph When it Comes to Tense School Board Meetings and Community Interaction, Our School...
The 21st Briefing: EMS, Schools, Housing and Transit in Trenton
This week in Trenton, we look at four key areas legislators will be tackling: a new statewide EMS planning bill;...
This Week at NJ21st: School Dashboard Trends, AI Student Surveillance and $2.9M Bonds
This week was packed, and it feels like we covered almost every topic, so let’s get started because there is...
Rethinking Student Safety: The Evidence on AI-Based Monitoring and the Case for Proven Alternatives
Gaggle is a self-described student safety suite of tools that uses AI and ‘trained’ safety ‘experts’ to monitor student activity...
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...
Millburn by the Numbers: Part 7 of Our 7-District Performance Comparison
The Seventh of Seven Reports on our 7-District Dashboard We’ll start with the housekeeping and go over the same spiel...
Madison by the Numbers: Part 6 of Our 7-District Performance Comparison
The Sixth of Seven Reports on our 7-District Dashboard We’ll start with the housekeeping and go over the same spiel...