John Mooney
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Decision to close N.J. schools brings issues about remote learning to fore
Graduation, special ed, summer school — and the all-too-familiar technology gap — are just a few challenges that remain unresolved.
5 years ago
State lays out plans for school construction projects, but no funding
Schools Development Authority lists projects to address overcrowding, building age in 18 districts
5 years ago
Classrooms and courtrooms: 2020’s flashpoints for New Jersey education?
Governor and Senate president about to kick off new year with a battle over school funding? What other testing issues are in the offing?
5 years ago
Here’s where you can check for lead in your school’s drinking water
The Murphy administration has kept its pledge to create a new district-by-district clearinghouse for information on lead contamination in New Jersey schools’ drinking water.
5 years ago
Feds order N.J. to find better ways to resolve special education disputes
New Jersey has been given three months to improve its much-criticized process for settling disputes involving students in special education.
6 years ago
N.J. Democrats agree to boost school funding by $125 million
Yesterday’s announcement of a deal among Democratic leaders to provide an additional $125 million in state aid for public education has ...
8 years ago
Q&A with Gov Christie on how his school funding formula would work
Gov. Chris Christie’s plan this week to dismantle New Jersey’s school-funding formula and replace it with a uniform allotment to ever ...
9 years ago
Gov Christie: My school funding overhaul would pass if on the 2017 ballot
It’s hard to say whether Gov. Chris Christie and his proposal yesterday to blow up the state’s school-funding formula for a simple ev ...
9 years ago
NJ asking whether kids might learn more if they slept in
Now that the idea of later start times for New Jersey’s middle and high schools has been signed into law, the Christie administration h ...
9 years ago
New Jersey may expand school water testing statewide
Likely on the fast track of the Democratic leadership, a bill filed this week would require all New Jersey schools to test for lead in th ...
9 years ago
Newark water problems raise the question: Should other school districts be tested in NJ?
With revelations of elevated lead levels in the water at half of Newark’s public schools in New Jersey, talk has moved quickly as to wh ...
9 years ago
Additional state aid for most NJ’s districts won’t even cover one teacher
With few surprises — but one big outlier — the Christie administration on Friday released its state-aid figures for New Jerse ...
9 years ago