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.

Braun Crosses the Line

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

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”