Tag: Dr. Marcia Lyles
After 30 years, Jersey City Public Schools take back local control...
The New Jersey Department of Education took over control of Jersey City Public Schools on October 4, 1989 and the local district finally reclaimed...
Preliminary $713M Jersey City Public Schools budget faces $70M shortfall
The Jersey City Board of Education convened a special meeting last night to discuss the preliminary $713 million 2018-2019 budget that anticipates a $70...
After three decades, Jersey City Public Schools regains control from state
The New Jersey State Board of Education approved a resolution that allows the Jersey City Public Schools to regain full local control from the...
Teacher with grade-fixing suit against Jersey City BOE could lose tenure
Nabil Youssef, a Lincoln High School math teacher, confronted the Jersey City Board of Education regarding possible charges against his tenure that came in...
Jersey City schools chief spars with activists over district funding, her...
Jersey City education activist Monique Andrews challenged Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marcia Lyles on the equitable allocation for Innovation High School, her...
Lyles: Head Start programs were meant to close the poverty gap
Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marcia Lyles said that Head Start programs were originally intended to close the poverty gap in urban communities...
Jersey City BOE is infringing on religious civil rights, Muslim parent...
The Jersey City Board of Education’s decision to keep the holiday Eid Al-Adha off this year's closure list is an infringement on constitutional rights,...
Greco: JCBOE is ‘robbing’ JCEA, only thing they don’t have ‘is...
After the Jersey City Council unanimously passed a wage theft protection ordinance (9-0), Jersey City Education (JCEA) President Ron Greco told them that the...
Jersey City Education Association gets new contract after 28 months of...
After over two years of negotiations, the Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOE) approved the contract with the Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) that...
Following bills passed by Assembly, students speak out against PARCC at...
Following two PARCC reform bills being passed by the NJ Assembly Education Committee, two students voiced their negative opinion of the standardized test at...
Jersey City Board of Education Special Meeting Notice
