How Do Teachers Feel About Being Forced to Pay Dues to Unions?

From today's Wall St. Journal:We asked a representative sample of 3,300 members of the general public and approximately 700 teachers…

11 years ago

QOD: Sen. Cory Booker on Accountability Provision in ESEA

I'm distressed today that this body will put into place a piece of educational legislation that ignores those children who…

11 years ago

N.J. D.O.E. Releases First Results of Teacher Evaluations under New Tenure Law

Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education released its first ever publication of the results of N.J.'s new teacher evaluation…

11 years ago

New Jersey Loses under Proposed Redistribution of Title I Money

EdBuild, which describes itself as a “non-profit bringing common sense to our school funding system,” has come out strongly against…

11 years ago

Why the Current ESEA Draft Will Hurt Vulnerable Children

Last Wednesday the U.S. House of Representatives passed an emasculated rewrite of NCLB called the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA).…

11 years ago

Why We Need a New Education Law with Federal Oversight

From The Hill:Billions of federal dollars are spent on education each year, and no taxpayer wants to see this investment…

11 years ago

AFT Endorsement of HRC Sparks Allegations of Toxic Testing and Plans for Charter Union

On Saturday, after AFT President Weingarten announced that the union was endorsing Hillary Clinton, the blogosphere  exploded. While Randi issued…

11 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

The N.J. Department of Education, to no one's surprise, confirmed that the state will not make any substantive changes in…

11 years ago

N.J. D.O.E. Will Release Teacher Evaluation Database Next Week

The New Jersey Department of Education received a bit of flack after its announcement of the first year’s results of…

11 years ago

N.J. D.O.E. Approves Eight New Charter Applications in First Round

NJ Spotlight looks today at this latest round of charter reviews. The state rejected six applications and approved eight in…

11 years ago