NJ State Legislature Likes Two Bills That Will Cost School Districts More Money

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks considers union-backed two bills coasting through the NJ State Legislature. One confers tenure-like protection…

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NJ DOE Amends Race to the Top Application

Check out NJ Spotlight’s update on New Jersey’s progress towards implementing the promises made in our (third time’s the charm)…

13 years ago

What’s the Link Between School Choice and Segregation?

Do charter schools “cream off” higher-performing students from more motivated familiesand, thus, harm traditional public schools? A new analysis from…

13 years ago

Are Wealthy White Kids Over-Diagnosed with Autism? Are We Cheating Poor Minority Children?

A new study out from the Journal of Special Education (hat tip, Christina Samuels) finds that there is a “disproportionate…

13 years ago

Controversial Charter Bill Introduced in NJ Assembly, or, The Diegnan Trigger

My column today at WHYY's Newsworks online pharmacy amoxil online with best prices today in the USA looks at the…

13 years ago

QOD: Diegnan Drops Charter School Law Requiring Local Community Vote

From today's NJ Spotlight, regarding news that Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) has introduced his (flawed) charter school bill: online pharmacy…

13 years ago

Should the State Be Subsidizing Yeshivas and Seminaries?

The Christie Administration, reports the Star-Ledger, is “refusing to release copies of applications filed by two religious institutions set to…

13 years ago

NJ Legislature Update: Tenure Protection for all Public School Employees and Restrictions on Out-Sourcing

Today the NJ Assembly is scheduled to vote on A-3696, which would provide tenure-like protection to all public school employees,…

13 years ago

Charter School Models for NJ: Learning From Michigan

In today’s Wall Street Journal, Michael Van Beek from Michigan’s Mackinac Center for Public Policy looks at a recent study…

13 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

NJEA has formed a super-PAC called Garden State Forward. The PAC will raise money for gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono and…

13 years ago