Robert Ginsberg Of Princeton Schools To Retire After 30 Years

PRINCETON, NJ — Robert Ginsberg, a well-known educator at Princeton Public Schools since 1988, announced his retirement on Tuesday. Ginsberg will retire effective Jan. 1, 2022. He currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction.

The school district has planned a celebration of Ginsberg's career for December.

In a letter to the Board of Education Ginsberg said he received “unwavering support” from the school community throughout his career.

"From my start as a teacher and assistant principal in a junior high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn in 1964, to my years as the supervisor of programs for the gifted and talented in East Brunswick starting in 1977, to my years in Princeton, beginning in 1988 when I re-opened Littlebrook School—and during my four stints as acting assistant superintendent, twice in East Brunswick and twice in Princeton (all at the request of boards of education rather than because I applied for the positions)—I’ve received unwavering support from colleagues and co-workers, parents, the community, school board members, and, most importantly, students," Ginsberg said in the letter.

"It’s folks in all those groups, and especially in the latter—the kids—who’ve made being a public-school educator such a joyous, joyful, and rewarding career," he said.

Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Schools said that Ginsberg has touched the lives of thousands of students during his “exemplary service to Princeton Public Schools."

"Not many educators have a career that spans 58 years. He has been a staunch advocate for students, a role model for educators, and a perennially engaged member of our educational community," Kelley said in a media statement.

Ginsberg was principal of Johnson Park Elementary School for 21 years before returning to the PPS administrative offices as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in mid-2020.

He received his Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Administration, and Organizational Behavior from Cornell University and was hired by Princeton Public Schools in 1988 to be principal of Littlebrook School.

Earlier in his career, he was a reading, mathematics, and social studies teacher at a junior high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Ginsberg also taught third grade in a Brooklyn elementary school.

Ginsberg also did a stint in the East Brunswick school district as Supervisor of Programs for the Gifted and Talented.

His 58 long year career saw him taking up many roles — principal of Littlebrook from 1988 through 1998, assistant superintendent at PPS, principal at Johnson Park, and school district’s representative on the Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees. He was re-elected as vice president last Wednesday evening.

Ginsberg and his wife, Ellen, live in Freehold and have a daughter, Leah, who lives in Manhattan.

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