MIDDLETOWN, NJ: Members of the Middletown Township Public School District community had the chance to learn about the prediction of future student enrollment for the next 5-10 years, during the Middletown Township Board of Education’s most recent meeting, held virtually over Zoom on Sept. 23rd. These future student enrollment predictions, based on…
Standardized testing concerns Georgia’s School Superintendent Richard Woods is hoping to ease the pressures associated with standardized testing. Georgia’s State Superintendent says he’s helping take some of the burden off standardized tests this school year. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education announced they would not grant federal waivers…
SPARTA, NJ – The Sussex County Health Department is calling the recent number of students testing positive for COVID-19 an “outbreak,” according to acting Superintendent Patrick McQueeney. At the outdoor board meeting on Thursday night McQueeney updated the board and community on recent coronavirus related news. As of Friday, the…
Washington President Donald Trump on Saturday named Amy Coney Barrett, a Chicago-based federal appeals court judge and the leading contender on his shortlist, to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett, 48, is a former law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. She…
Larry Pretlow (candidate for Howard County Board of Education in District 2) announced the following on social media and on his website: Effectively Immediately Mr. Pretlow’s campaign for Howard County Board of Education in District 2 is suspended. # # # Friends of Larry Pretlow II4803 Circling Hunter Dr #103,…
Candidates running for Howard County Board of Education in District 5 (Yun Lu and Cindy Vaillancourt) in 2020 joined Scott E’s Blog for a candidate forum / debate on September 26th at 10:00am. This event was live streamed on Scott E’s Blog Facebook page. You can view the debate here…
Encouraging students at the University of Colorado, Boulder, to vote in the midterm elections, Nov. 6, 2018. Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images College students are a rapidly growing and increasingly coveted voting bloc. Twice as many college students voted in the 2018 midterms as did in 2014, challenging the…
By Citizen Staff | on September 26, 2020 Henrico County Public Schools has been recognized for its educational innovation by the Virginia Board of Education as one of 15 school divisions in the state named “School Divisions of Innovation.” The divisions were recognized for…
Students in Georgia public high schools would face no consequences for failing statewide standardized tests for at least one year under a proposal from state Superintendent Richard Woods in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Woods announced the plan Thursday, saying that he wants the state Board of Education to nearly…
Funding for the second phase of the $157.4 million capital improvement and integration plan for public schools in South Orange and Maplewood was given the green light on Monday — along with a heated discussion on equality. The Board of Education voted 7-0 to approve . . . Dear readers,…
