Sunday Leftovers

Education News looks at the first results of N.J.'s value-added teacher evaluations, which "found that overall, 23.4% of teachers received “highly…

11 years ago

Camden Public Schools Update: District Will Expand Summer Programs

In response to concerns about summer retention – educationally-disadvantaged children lose up to three months of reading and math proficiency…

11 years ago

Two New Jersey Math Teachers Explain Why Christie is Wrong About the Common Core

Kristin DeLorenzo and Liz Gardner, two New Jersey elementary math teachers, respond in today’s Star-Ledger to Gov. Christie’s call to…

11 years ago

Hoboken Dual-Language Charter School Wins Fight Against Local School District

"We got approval twice already. They are not likely to prevail," she said. "We hope that the Hoboken Board of…

11 years ago

New Newsworks column: What Does Christie’s Common Core Reversal Mean for New Jersey?

It starts here:Last Thursday during a speech at Burlington County College, Governor Christie renounced his commitment to the Common Core…

11 years ago

Question for the Day: How Much Did NJEA Pay to Protect Each Ineffective Teacher?

On Monday the New Jersey Department of  Education released its Final Educator Evaluation Implementation Report, which provides data on the…

11 years ago

NJEA Prez Plays Defense after DOE Issues Findings that 97.2% of N.J. Teachers are Effective Educators

While we do not yet know how many teachers may be subject to discipline once this year’s evaluations are completed,…

11 years ago

N.J. D.O.E. Releases Report on N.J.’s First Year of its New Teacher Evaluation System

"We must move forward with our work under this new system to make good teachers great, and great teachers exceptional.”That’s…

11 years ago

A New Jersey Teacher Explains Why Schools Need the Common Core

Allison Sussman, via Save Our Schools-NJ Facebook page:Are any of you commenting above teachers? I and all of my many…

11 years ago

QOD: What Comes Next after Christie’s Call to Abandon Common Core

John Mooney at NJ Spotlight:New Jersey is not the first state to take this zig-zagging path, with Republican governors in…

11 years ago