March 26, 2015

New Newsworks Post: Is Pearson Really Stalking Your Kids’ Twitter Feed?

Laura Waters March 26, 2015

It starts here: Legislators, lobbyists, and Twitter feeds were aflame last week when news surfaced that Pearson, the company that produces PARCC assessments, had hired

Opt-Outers in N.J. Are on a “Collision Course with Low-Income Families of Color”

Laura Waters March 26, 2015

Robert Pondiscio’s article, “Opting Out, Race, and Reform” (referenced in the post below), deserves a little more detail than just NJEA’s insult to poor families.

QOD: NJEA Spokesman on Why N.J. PARCC Opt-outs Skew White and Privileged

Laura Waters March 26, 2015

“The vast majority of opt-outs are taking place in non-urban, non-disadvantaged districts,” agrees [NJEA Spokesman Steve] Wollmer, “because parents tend to be better informed in

New Newsworks Post: Is Pearson Really Stalking Your Kids’ Twitter Feed?

Opt-Outers in N.J. Are on a “Collision Course with Low-Income Families of Color”

QOD: NJEA Spokesman on Why N.J. PARCC Opt-outs Skew White and Privileged

BREAKING: Statement from JerseyCAN on State’s Long-Delayed Release of Student Test Results

NJEA: Murphy’s Elimination of Teacher Performance Test Is a Major Win for Students and Educators

Murphy Signs Bill Eliminating EdTPA Test for Teacher Certification

LILLEY: Blue States Had More School Closures and More Learning Loss — Just Like NJ under Gov. Murphy

Lamont Repollet and the 64 Floor: How Did He Raise Asbury Park’s Graduation Rate? Let’s Do the Math.

Too Much Fun to Pass By: Planet Princeton Trips Up Public School Choice Opponent Julia Sass Rubin

Braun Crosses the Line

Ed Comm. Repollet Goes For the “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” but State Board of Education Refuses to Play – For Now.

Opting-In as “the Great Equalizer”