Urban Hope Act Amendments Approved by Evil N.J. Republi-Crates

My parents (may their memories be a blessing) would have loved Blue Jersey, that unabashedly 60’s-ish website that drapes itself…

12 years ago

Why N.J. (Still) Needs Tenure Reform

From N.J. School Boards Association's Board Notes regarding the case of a gym teacher who taught for two years and…

12 years ago

Bob Braun Feels “Betrayed” by NJEA’s Convention Program

The former Star-Ledger columnist, who has successfully styled himself as New Jersey's most passionate opponent of school reform efforts in…

12 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Reginald Lewis  has a nuanced view of the Newark boycott in NJ Spotlight: There are clearly legitimate concerns about a plan on…

12 years ago

Christie: Superintendent Salary Caps in N.J. were NJEA’s Idea

Now here’s an odd comment from Gov. Christie: according to today’s NJ Spotlight, N.J.’s controversial salary cap for superintendents was…

12 years ago

New Newsworks column: Newark’s School Reform Battle is Taking a Toll on its Union

 Last week I wrote here about a legal dispute in Camden: twenty-five local residents, backed by several statewide anti-charter groups,…

12 years ago

National Charter School Enrollment up by 12.6%

Today's Washington Post looks at trends in this form of school choice:Nationwide, about 2.5 million public school students were enrolled…

12 years ago

QOD: Democrats and Pension Reform

“You can’t be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform."Democrat Gina M. Raimondo, running for governor of Rhode Island,…

12 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

NJ Spotlight drills down on NJEA's spending on campaigns and lobbying, almost $60 million over the last fifteen years and…

12 years ago

Speaking of great non-profit charter schools…

TEAM  (i.e., KIPP’s Newark consortium) responds to another meme of anti-reformers: that students who struggle at charter schools are “pushed…

12 years ago