But while the test results are becoming public, the opt-out question remains unanswered about New Jersey’s first administration of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams.
“There is no reason why we should all be speculating,” said Julia Sass Rubin, a member of Save Our Schools NJ, a parent group at the forefront of the opt-out movement. “They should just put it all out there.”
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On Monday, December 15, 2025, the New Jersey Target Zero Commission officially adopted the first New Jersey Target Zero Action Plan, reaching a major milestone in the State’s goal to eliminate all roadway fatalities and serious injuries in the state by 2040. The New...
Kenia Gonzalez recently joined the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center as its Bilingual Outreach Specialist. We spoke with her about her role and why language access plays a critical part in VTC’s work. Kenia leads Spanish-language translation, interpretation,...
When it comes to promoting the peaceful coexistence of traffic and pedestrians on city streets, sometimes less can be more. That is the philosophy behind "road diets," reconfiguring urban roadways to turn four-lane roads into two lanes with a turning lane and leftover...