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Ridgewood NJ, at the Ridgewood Board of Education meeting on September 12th ,Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fitts thanked the entire staff for their hard work, which resulted in a positive start to the school year. The Alternative Schedules Initiative will continue to be explored. Staff members met with the K12 Insight team today to review the survey results.
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Ridgewood NJ, If New Jersey wants more teacher candidates, maybe we should listen to what young teachers actually say about their profession. Why is there a teacher shortage? It turns out the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), knew the answer all along: young teachers were dissatisfied with the teaching profession and made their reasons very clear to the NEA in a 2014 report. This information is highly relevant to New Jersey’s current teacher shortage. There has been a lively public debate about the causes of the shortage, and it is essential to identify the causes if there are to be effective solutions. Some blame pandemic-related factors, but the steep decline in teacher candidates long predates the pandemic. Others blame policies enacted by Governor Chris Christie, but the teacher shortage is both regional and national, so New Jersey-specific policies cannot be the main cause. The Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey – a New Jersey-based, nonpartisan research organization – asked: Is the nature of employment in the public school system, itself, part of the problem?
Continue reading The NEA Has Known Why There is a Teacher Shortage Since 2014
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Ridgewood NJ, as students return to the classroom this fall, more than four times as many Americans rate public schools poor as rate them excellent.
Continue reading Back to School : Just 8% Rate Public Schools ‘Excellent’
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on August 29, 2022 at 4:00 pm at the Education Center for an Executive Session and 5:00 pm for a Regular Public Meeting.
Continue reading The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on August 29, 2022 at 5:00
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River Vale NJ, Senator Holly Schepisiin a Facebook post said the following :
Continue reading There’s a Free Speech Fight Brewing in New Jersey Over Censored YouTube Video
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Ridgewood NJ,the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) released the advertisement Monday. In the ad, which as one Twitter user pointed out is currently airing, parents concerned about curriculum materials in classrooms are labeled as “extremists” attacking New Jersey schools to score political points. Republicans in the state reacted fiercely to the ad, slamming the union for demonizing parents.
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Holmdel NJ, Assemblywoman Victoria Flynn and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (Monmouth R’s) are introducing legislation to end the disgraceful, unpatriotic practices by some New Jersey School Districts in which members of the United States Military and Army Reserve Officer’s Corps (ROTC) are being barred by school personnel from speaking with students.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho (R-24) and Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-13) have introduced legislation to form a special legislative committee with subpoena power to investigate massive proposed premium increases for the health plans that cover state government, local government, and school employees.
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Demarest NJ, State Senator Holly Schepisi fills us in on the NJDOE guidance and potential penalties if a school isn’t deemed compliant with the new creepy Sex Ed Pedophilia requirements.
In a Facebook post Schepisi says , “Finally received a response from the DOE to my letter asking for guidance and potential penalties if a school isn’t deemed compliant with the new curriculum requirements. Answer below”
Continue reading NJDOE Guidance and Potential Penalties if a School isn’t Deemed Compliant with the New Creepy Sex Ed Pedophilia Requirements
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed A4075/3229 [t.e2ma.net] into law, requiring the board of education in each school district and board of trustees in each charter school or renaissance school in the state to develop and adopt a policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team at their respective schools.
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River Vale NJ,NJ State Senator Holly Schepisi looked for answers for the new creepy sex-ed curriculum being forced on young children by the Murphy Administration .In a letter to the state Department of Education Schepisi asked for clarification of recent statements made regarding penalties against school districts that aren’t compliant with new State DEI and/or Sex Ed requirements as well as how “compliance” will be determined.
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Trenton NJ, a pair of Republican legislators today unveiled their legislation to ensure that the parents of New Jersey public school children will be able to exercise their rights under the law to observe, comment, and direct their kids’ education and safeguard them against the increasingly radical agenda of leftist educators and administrators.
Continue reading Legislators Unveil Parents’ Bill of Rights Legislation
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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy policies of limiting school choice have made New Jersey the 10th worst state for racial equality in education. With predominantly “non-white” school districts receiving $23 billion less funding per year than predominantly “white districts”, WalletHub today released its report on the Best States for Racial Equality in Education.
Continue reading New Jersey Flunks Racial Equality in Education
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Ridgewood NJ, unless state lawmakers act soon to improve New Jersey’s teacher pipeline, there will not be enough qualified candidates to replace teachers leaving the profession, according to a new report by New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP).
Continue reading New Jersey Faces the Prospect of Teacher Shortages
