Quote of the Day

Education Secretary Arne Duncan told Congress today that his department estimates that 82 percent of America's schools could fail to…

16 years ago

Education Reform Battles in a Nutshell

"The problem is poverty, not bad teachers.” Diane Ravitch, education historian“Teachers want what’s best for children. The teachers union is…

16 years ago

News Story of the Day

MADISON, Wis.—The Milwaukee teachers union has dropped a lawsuit seeking to get its taxpayer-funded Viagra back.The union sued in July…

16 years ago

Do Charters Discriminate Against Kids with Disabilities?

Acting Comm. Christopher Cerf directly rebutted “myths” about charter schools at a State Board of Education meeting, according to The…

16 years ago

Why Fire Teachers?

asks Megan McArdle of the Atlantic. Looking through her lens of economics, business, and systems management, McArdle makes a trenchant…

16 years ago

Dueling Models of Teacher Accountability

A little cognitive dissonance with your coffee this morning? Here’s two sentences from the same article in today’s Star-Ledger online…

16 years ago

Check Out

my column today at NJ Spotlight on tenure reform.

16 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

A new poll from Rutgers-Eagleton says that “[m]ost New Jerseyans oppose tenure and support making student test performance a factor…

16 years ago

NJEA as Stock Character

Here’s some tweets from NJEA’s twitter account, “stopthefreezenj” on the Interim Report issued by the NJ Education Effectiveness Task Force.@GovChristie…

16 years ago

Task Force Recommendations Released

The Governor's Office online pharmacy purchase cialis-super-active online no prescription has released the recommendations of the New Jersey Educator Effectiveness…

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