By Rich Pezzullo _ Let’s consider closing the public schools completely. Seriously. – Sedentary indoor activities are a high-risk behavior. This is the “scientific” “fact” that keeps restaurants closed for indoor dining and hopefully opening at a fifty percent capacity. Read More
VIDEO: Save Jersey’s Rooney reacts to Bill Gates’s remote classroom pitch
TRENTON, N.J. – Bill Gates and Andrew Cuomo’s New York may be partnerning to “reimagine” education in the Empire State. Is that a good thing? And is the Garden State next? Save Jersey Founder Matt Rooney was back on Chasing Read More
Kids should be in school on Presidents’ Day learning something about America. | Rooney
By Matt Rooney _ Full disclosure: I’m solidly in the camp of folks who believe the modern version of Presidents’ Day (formerly “Washington’s Birthday”) is utterly useless and pointless. There was a time when Americans would celebrate and honor our Read More
Approved bill means property taxes could soon spike in dozens of N.J. communities
TRENTON, N.J. – Residents in a few dozen New Jersey towns could soon see massive property tax increases. That’s because the state legislature passed a bill on Monday that allows districts which receive less funds under the latest school funding Read More
Proposed law would bring cursive writing back to N.J. schools
TRENTON, N.J. – There’s a growing national movement to get America’s kids writing in cursive again after years of the lost art of penmanship disappearing from public school curricula. New Jersey is no exception, and Democrat Assemblywoman Angela McKnight is Read More
Three steps to fix New Jersey schools | Spadea
By Bill Spadea This post originally appeared at NJ 101.5 _ After a spirited discussion on the morning show about the absurd policy regarding school lunches in Cherry Hill, one caller asked me what I would do to fix school funding Read More
Eliminating homework and 5 other ways to fix our outdated, broken education system | Pezzullo
By Rich Pezzullo _ Tell me anything that took 12 years to accomplish in 1960 that takes that long today? Hmm Education of a useful productive adult human? Politicians touting free college are trying to make the case that now Read More
ROONEY: Phil Murphy’s cap scrap won’t help; it’s time to ask if “we even need superintendents”
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy’s repeal of former Governor Chris Christie’s superintendent salary cap generated strong reactions throughout the Garden State this week. Save Jersey Blogger-in-Chief Matt Rooney returned to the Chasing News A+ Panel on Monday to opine Read More
Welcome to Oceania 1984: N.J. moves to make your kids’ textbooks politically correct
TRENTON, N.J. —Back in November, Save Jersey told you about a bill in the State Senate designed to mandate an official, state-approved list of “inclusive” public school textbooks, one which “accurately portrays the diversity of our society, in such areas as Read More