But they did not call for a cut in existing direct aid and said districts would get the same overall amount they saw in 2019-2020.
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Students Face the New Realities of College Life, Virtual and Otherwise
As freshmen prepare to adapt, educators and administrators are still in the early stages of ‘shaping the new normal’ of a college education: part two
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How the Pandemic Has Transformed the College Experience and Could Transform It Even More
Educators begin to come to terms with how the health crisis has utterly altered college life in New Jersey, its finances and its outlook: part one
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Op Ed: Invest in Our Schools Now!
For the last two and a half years, Jersey City Together’s Education Team and parents across the city have been engaged in a focused fight to increase local funding for our public schools. For the first two years, our work helped create incremental progress — an extra $5.3 million in 2018, another $6 million in 2019.
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Referendum Making Jersey City Board of Education Appointed Body To Be Withdrawn
The referendum, which was first approved on Jan. 8, received mixed reviews from educators, union representatives and parents, some of who referred to the idea of a board unilaterally appointed by the mayor as “sneaky” and “an opportunistic power grab.” Others felt that the decision had been made in good faith, spurred by serious management problems the Board had had for years, most recently the resignation of five members right before Jan. 8.