Montclair Cares About Schools

The United Way has transferred ownership of the Mills Building on South Fullerton Avenue to New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC).

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news New Jersey has agreed to allow high school students to choose one of three pathways for graduation, at least for current juniors and seniors, after a state Supreme Court ruling found that the PARCC testing requirements were against state law...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The New Jersey Court of Appeals has declared the PARCC tests to be in violation of state law and the news has Montclair school officials wondering what’s next. On Dec. 31, the court ruled that the existing PARCC guidelines — which require students to take two PARCC tests in order to graduate — were in conflict with existing state law on testing. Currently, the

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair may be saying goodbye to the PARCC test if Gov. Phil Murphy moves ahead with a campaign promise. In his campaign, the governor promised that New Jersey would eliminate the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test as a graduation requirement...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A memo concerning Montclair’s language arts program has come under fire from parents, due to perceptions that language arts teachers are being asked to teach short texts rather than novels in their classes. T...