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Assembly committee passes sex ed transparency bill after hours of dissent

May 19, 2022 4:34 pmMay 19, 2022 4:34 pm

Just as happened in the equivalent Senate committee last week, the Assembly Education Committee today cleared a bill to increase transparency in sex education curricula following a lengthy and often off-topic debate over statewide learning standards. The bill passed 4-3,...

Top Murphy aide headed to NJEA

May 17, 2022 3:01 pm

Deborah Cornavaca will depart her post as deputy chief of staff to Gov. Phil Murphy later this month to become the new director of government relations for the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest public employee union. “For the...

Peterson objects to resolution honoring N.J. school board association president

May 13, 2022 12:38 pm

Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R-Franklin) said today that he opposes a ceremonial legislative resolution honoring Lawrence Feinsod, the retiring executive director of the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), and urged his fellow legislators to remove their names from the resolution....

Legislation to increase sex ed transparency prompts lengthy debate on state educational standards

May 9, 2022 5:16 pmMay 10, 2022 8:51 am

A Senate Education Committee hearing on a bill to expand transparency in New Jersey’s sex education program exploded today into a wide-ranging debate over the state’s entire educational curriculum, with a large number of parents and conservative activists registering their...

Bill requiring menstrual products in school bathrooms clears Senate committee

May 9, 2022 4:06 pm

The Senate Education Committee passed a bill requiring that school districts provide feminine hygiene products, defined in the bill as “tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle,” in school bathrooms for grades 6 through 12,...

Hopatcong councilman slapped down by 29th district legislators over offensive comments

May 6, 2022 2:34 pm

A Hopatcong councilman under fire for recent offensive remarks – he said Gov. Phil Murphy’s school aid plan “raped” his Sussex County school district and gave funding to “crackheads” instead – received a further rebuke today from the representatives of...

Princeton claims ‘no credible allegations of data manipulation’ after initial review of Wang, but not all employees were interviewed

May 2, 2022 9:42 amMay 2, 2022 2:31 pm

Update: Princeton University declined on Monday to identify who conducted the “initial review” of Wang’s data related to New Jersey congressional redistricting. Princeton University has a new hot take on their investigation of Sam Wang, the director of the Princeton...