New literacy standards rely heavily on phonics methods in instruction
Lamont Repollet
It’s taken only 6 months for Kean University to develop a fully-operational diagnostic laboratory.
Districts have been waiting for state guidance to determine what school will look like in the fall. Friday, the Murphy administration detailed rules including social ...
Education commissioner Lamont Repollet is leaving his post in the Murphy administration to become Kean University’s next president.
Teachers are developing innovative ways to bring lessons to their students at home. One teacher turned his basement into a remote studio for a virtual ...
Although kids seem to be more resistant to the novel coronavirus, health experts say shutdowns can be an effective means for containing the spread.
As the number of COVID-19 infections continues its stubborn ascent, government officials and other leaders in New Jersey and beyond announced steps aimed at controlling ...
A lawsuit claims the state law requiring kids go to schools only in the municipality where they live, has left New Jersey's classrooms among the ...
Although State Board of Education vote was almost unanimous, some members expressed reservations
New Jersey Education commissioner Lamont Repollet sat down with NJ Spotlight's John Mooney this week to talk about the new school year and his priorities ...
The Assembly Budget Committee heard testimony from the CEO of the Schools Development Authority and the state's education commissioner.
"Breaking Barriers Through Education" was the theme of the first-ever Black History Month program from the state's Department of Education. Students from schools across the ...
Murphy announced new initiatives to boost New Jersey's STEM education, specifically in computer science and math.
In an unanimous decision in a three-judge appellate court panel, the PARCC test was struck down as violating state law. The court gave the Department ...
In October, Department of Education officials announced they would be evaluating charter schools across the state. The review process is now coming to a close.
Legislative leaders expressed exasperation at a Joint Education Committee meeting as they asked Gov. Phil Murphy’s education commissioner, Lamont Repollet, to slow down on implementing ...
Gov. Phil Murphy announced his plan to phase out the PARCC exam with education commissioner Lamont Repollet at his side. Since the exam's introduction in ...
The pressing issues of school funding and bail reform were discussed in the Senate Budget and Appropriations hearing.
The fault line got a little wider Thursday after Sweeney appeared to pull two of Murphy's cabinet nominations from the Senate board list.
A majority of lawmakers in the Assembly Health Committee voted to advance a bill that shrinks a loophole for religious exemptions for mandatory vaccinations.