Should High School Graduation be Contingent on Proficiency?

"I find it astonishingly unfair," she said. "We are going to have to look at how we might intervene on…

11 years ago

QOD: WSJ on NYC Mayor de Blasio’s “Embrace” of UFT & Unified Antipathy towards Charters

Read the whole article but here are a few tidbits:Mayor Bill de Blasio...has embraced the United Federation of Teachers and…

11 years ago

Buffalo News: NYS Regents Turning into Union-Sponsored “Special Interest Organization”

The Buffalo News opines on the pending election of Betty Rosa as Chancellor of the New York State Regents:Change appears…

11 years ago

Why is Jersey Jazzman Despondent Because Uncommon Schools is Providing Low-Income Kids of Color with Academic Success?

Leave it to Jersey Jazzman, a.k.a., Mark Weber, to take offense -- and then become offensive -- after reading someone…

11 years ago

News from Camden: Traditional Schools are Improving

Traditional Camden schools, reports Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard, are showing signs of improvement, and therefore this year the district will not…

11 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

"The discovery of elevated levels of lead in the drinking water at 30 Newark public schools has exposed a 'blind…

11 years ago

Who are the Candidates for Newark School Board?

Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make…

11 years ago

QOD: The Fix is In: New York State Board of Regents is Unabashedly Anti-Accountability

From WRVO:Three new regents elected by the legislature this week are expected to help lead an ongoing reversal in education…

11 years ago

Long Island Moms “Opt Out and Shop Out!”

OMG. This is so cool. Newsday reports today that “opponents of Common Core testing plan an ‘Opt Out, Shop Out’event…

11 years ago

No, Newark is Not Flint: Facts on the Discovery of Lead in 30 Newark School Buildings

Today the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, A.P., the Star-Ledger, and NJ Spotlight report on the  alarming news that…

11 years ago