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Welcome to the New Jersey Department of Education
Mission
The New Jersey Department of Education supports schools, educators and districts to ensure all of New Jersey's 1.4 million students have equitable access to high quality education and achieve academic excellence.
Vision
Become a model organization that strengthens teaching, leading and learning in order to increase educational equity for all students.
Strategic Planning
The goal: Every New Jersey student is safe, supported, and successful.
Four Priorities
Each priority is important as we work to achieve our goals. Our commitment to our students begins at birth and we will support them as they prepare for the future. All students deserve the opportunity to succeed.
Early Excellence
Ready before day one
- Coordinate and strengthen alignment birth-to-five literacy, math, and SEL practices to improve quality across the mixed-delivery model
- Build the early childhood workforce
- Implement K–3 screeners with tiered supports
Student Supports
Present, healthy, connected
- Improve student wellness through online safety
- Cut chronic absenteeism through New Jersey Tiered System of Supports
- Expand school-based mental health services
Inspired Instruction
Great teaching everywhere
- Implement high-quality instructional materials
- Align teacher coaching and Education Preparation Programs
- Expand high-impact tutoring and summer intervention
- Launch a literacy campaign
Future Pathways
A plan for every graduate
- Expand access to high-quality Career and Technical Education
- Increase dual enrollment and early college credit
- Increase work-based learning and expand attainment of industry-valued credentials
Strategic Enablers
Strategic enablers cut across each initiative.
Three enablers, one system: the right people, the right resources, and the right evidence
Teacher Workforce
Great educators in every school
- Strengthen educator preparation programs and alternate-route pathways
- Expand apprenticeship and mentoring models that support new teachers
- Improve retention through rich and connected professional learning and strategic efforts to reduce administrative burden
School Funding
Stable, targeted resources
- Modernize the school aid formula and system of school funding
- Develop shared services and supports to reduce costs
- Support districts with fiscal planning and budget transparency
Data and Analytics
Evidence that drives action
- Build integrated data systems spanning early childhood through workforce
- Provide districts and the public with actionable dashboards and timely reporting
- Use evidence to guide continuous improvement and accountability