NJ School Boards Assc. Oppose Delays to PARCC

NJ School Boards Association has issued a statement supporting the New Jersey's original timeline for incorporating student growth, as measured…

12 years ago

Feds to NY State: If You Delay PARCC Implementation, You Owe Us Big Bucks

If the U.S. Department of Education’s warning to New York State is an harbinger of the fed’s reaction to states…

12 years ago

Star Ledger Editorial Board Links Vegara Case To NJ’s Failure to Eliminate LIFO

Good teachers are an incredibly important variable in student success. Last year, a Harvard researcher found that students taught by…

12 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

This morning’s New York Times features a  long article on the deleterious impact of higher academic standards on a captivating…

12 years ago

QOD: Public Education is the Only Institution that Pretends that Millennials Will Have Life-Long Careers

Mike Petrelli in the New York Times: online pharmacy buy augmentin no insurance with best prices today in the USA…

12 years ago

Lakewood Update

I regularly follow the mishigas at Lakewood Public Schools, largely because the district is a useful caricature of the educational…

12 years ago

New WHYY Column: NJEA Takes the High Road in Pension Suit Against Christie

Today's WHYY Newsworks:The New Jersey Education Association, N.J.'s primary teacher union, is suing Gov. Chris Christie for reneging on a…

12 years ago

Reactions to Vergara v. California

Playing a little catch-up today, but here's some links to some reactions to the L.A. County Superior Court ruling on…

12 years ago

L.A. Judge Says that Seniority-Based Job Security is Unconstitutional

From KPCC:A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday called California’s teacher job protections illegal, issuing a tentative ruling striking…

12 years ago

Is the Common Core a Bill Gates-led Conspiracy?

Robert Rothman at the Alliance for Excellent Education responds to conspiracy theorists who maintain that the Common Core State Standards…

12 years ago