How Do You Get From Trenton to Montgomery?

A new organization, Citizens for Successful Schools, examines the gaping disparities in opportunity and achievement between poor and rich districts in New Jersey. Example: Montgomery

First Crack In the Dike?

Ignoring the counsel of NJEA executives, the West Essex Education Association has just voted 133-7 for a wage freeze, reports the Star-Ledger. The school district

NAEP Scores Out

New Jersey’s 2009 NAEP (National Assessment for Education Progress) reading scores are hot off the press. Look here for 4th graders and here for 8th

Quotes of the Day

From Barbara Keshishian, NJEA President: In New Jersey, school employees’ contracts are negotiated locally, and each local association may decide whether or not to reopen