By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Dr. Nathan Parker, former superintendent of Summit School District, has been named as Montclair’s new interim superintendent. Parker’s appointment was announced during a special board of […]
NJ Department of Education
Median salary for teachers declines in Montclair, data shows
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair’s median teacher pay of $73,194 was about $181 higher than the state average for the 2018-2019 school year, but lower than some of its neighboring […]
PARCC test replaced by NJSLA for spring testing
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair students won’t be taking the PARCC tests this spring. Instead, students will be taking a revised version of the PARCC test: the New Jersey Student […]
Montclair High School performance report shows gains, losses
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair High School backslid on some of its academic assessments over the past two school years, and on its absenteeism rate. But its high school graduation […]
School officials ‘deeply disappointed’ in modest state aid increase
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair’s schools will get an increase in state aid for the 2019-2020 school year, but it isn’t much. The school district will receive $7,605,632 in aid […]
Montclair reacts to new LGBTQ curriculum law
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news New Jersey schools are now required to teach the contributions of LGBTQ people in history as part of their curriculum. Senator Teresa Ruiz, one of the […]
Teachers honored at BOE meeting
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair school district paid tribute to 16 teachers and staff at last Wednesday evening’s board of education meeting. The staff members had all been selected […]
(UPDATED) NJ Department of Education to Offer Greater Flexibility In Preliminary Years of Teacher Evaluation
Modifications to the weights of student growth components measured by PARCC assessments and by a teacher’s SGO.
Local Educators Weigh In on Longer School Day and Year
The concept has been studied by scores of organizations that have published research citing positive and mixed results.
Barista Kids Poll: Are You in Favor or Against a Longer School Day and School Year?
In his State of the Union speech yesterday, Governor Christie proposed more school.
Montclair Public Schools Receive Over $1 Million in Facilities Grant Funding
At the December 16 Montclair board meeting, Brian Fleischer, the district’s Chief Operations Officer, will announce that over $1 million in school facilities grants, funded by the New Jersey Department […]
Mark Alexander On Public Education in New Jersey
“The time has come to change the status quo and to ensure that a quality education in our public schools is universal across our district.”
Montclair Superintendent Dr. Penny MacCormack Addresses Possible Miscalculation of NJ School Performance Reports
Free and reduced lunch data for as many as 7 of Montclair’s 11 schools may have been under-reported.
Technically Parenting
Our children need to be prepared for jobs that likely don’t even exist yet.