New Jersey the Outlier
Laura Waters
June 14, 2010
Edweek’s Michele McNeil has looked at all the Round 2 Race to the Top applications and come to the following conclusion: States significantly increased buy-in
Top High Schools
Laura Waters
June 14, 2010
Newsweek’s list of the top 1,600 public high schools in America is out. The list includes just 6% of possible candidates. Jersey City’s McNair Academic
Surplus is Fair Game
Laura Waters
June 14, 2010
The Perth Amboy school district went to Appeals Court today, charging that Gov. Christie’s executive order forcing schools to use surplus money to compensate for
Do We Pay Teachers Enough?
Laura Waters
June 14, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Jack Kelly examines total compensation packages of public employees (teachers specifically) and private sector employees, reciting statistics that show that the former do