Addendum

Yesterday I responded to an editorial in NJ Spotlight by high school teacher Walter Bowne. Mr. Bowne argued that the…

12 years ago

In Diegnan’s Anti-PARCC bills, Poor Children are just Collateral Damage

Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex), chair of the Assembly Education Committee,  has an editorial in today’s Star Ledger promoting his PARCC…

12 years ago

Correction

My column yesterday at Newsworks WHYY contains an error. I said, "Things are so bad that a moronic charter school…

12 years ago

A N.J. Teacher Makes an Immodest Proposal

Today Walter Bowne, an A.P. English teacher somewhere in South Jersey, argues in NJ Spotlight that PARCC test results should…

12 years ago

New Newsworks Column: Christie’s Toast But He Can Still Advance Education Initiatives

Let’s make it official: Chris Christie is toast. As our defamed and diminished governor lurches back towards Jersey, his only…

12 years ago

Livingston Superintendent on PARCC: We Don’t Care; We Don’t Have To

Jim O’Neill, interim superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, defends his district's high PARCC opt-out rates in yesterday’s NJ Spotlight:I am…

12 years ago

QOD: A Newark Mother Decries N.J.’s Charter Moratorium Bill

Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay…

12 years ago

I’m Off the Wagon, Diane

I’ve been really good about not quoting Diane Ravitch, but I'm off the wagon. In a recent blog post  she demeans national…

12 years ago

Civil Rights Groups Decry Anti-Testers’ Appropriation of a “False Mantle of Civil Rights”

In a just-issued press release,Twelve national civil and human rights groups announced their opposition to "anti-testing efforts springing up across…

12 years ago

If Asbury Park Public Schools Were Charters, They’d Be Shut Down Long Ago

Here’s a parent of a high school student enrolled at Asbury Park High School:"I am so done with that district,"…

12 years ago