NJ Education Report: The State of Education in New Jersey 2023
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1. [Literacy] According to a recent National Council on Teacher Quality report, New Jersey literacy programs were some of the worst in the nation as measured by their adherence to the science of reading. Based on your experience in your own school district, would you say the reading curriculum and methodology around teaching reading are: 

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2. [Learning Loss] The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) The Nation’s Report Card, was the first since 2019. The results provided a surprising snapshot of current student test performance across subjects relative to comparable pre-pandemic scores. New Jersey eighth-graders exhibited a sharp decline in their math skills and saw no improvement in their reading scores. 

Based on what you are seeing in your own school district, do you think that New Jersey is doing enough to address learning loss from the pandemic? 

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3. [Learning Loss] Have the students in your school district been positively impacted by any district/school-led/statewide programming to address learning loss from the pandemic? 

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4. [School Choice] Do you support the expansion of public charter schools (publicly-funded, independent primary or secondary schools)? 

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5. [Education Savings Accounts] Do you support Education Savings Accounts, which allow parents to withdraw their children from public districts and receive a deposit of public funds into government-authorized savings accounts that they can use for tuition to private schools and online education programs?

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6. [Book Bans] A recent NPR/Ipsos Education poll, fielded May 2023, confirmed that Americans believe teachers should be “primarily responsible for decisions about what is taught in public schools in the United States.” In second place? Parents, followed by school boards, federal legislators, and state legislators. 

Please rank in the order of importance, with #1 being the most important and #5 being the least, who you believe should have the “primary” voice on what is taught in public schools: 

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Teachers
Parents
School boards
Federal legislators
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7. [Sex Education] Parent trust in the NJ public school system is playing out, in part, in the form of a debate, sometimes dubbed the “culture wars,” about new sex education standards. Introduced by the Department of Education in 2022 as a means to ensure that students acquire health and physical literacy by graduation, the onus of curriculum development around the 2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards - Comprehensive Health and Physical Education falls on the local school districts. 

In your view, the Social and Sexual Health standards:

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8. [Culture Wars and the “Protect the Children” Initiative] Do you believe that states should have broad authority to prohibit or mandate the teaching of critical race theory and gender ideology, regardless of parental preferences? Note that if the states did have this authority, the federal government would not be able to cut off federal funding for schools that teach these subjects. 

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9. [Sex Education Gender-Identity Rules] The New Jersey Board of Education recently approved modified sex education rules for school districts. One of the changes mandates that schools divide sex education classes based on student gender identity, not biological gender. In addition, schools are not required to separate boys and girls sex education classes. Noncompliant districts risk losing state school funding. 

Do you:

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10. [Teacher Diversity] A recent NJ Spotlight News article, “Segregated: New Jersey teacher ranks don’t match diversity student body,” surfaced a mismatch in New Jersey between the diversity of the student population and the teachers that educate them. Charter schools fare slightly better than public schools. According to the Brookings Institute, a diverse teaching staff can positively impact test scores and attendance as well as lower suspension rates. 

Do you believe New Jersey should be doing more to increase the diversity of teachers in its classrooms? 

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