COVID-19

Without Assessment Data, We Won't Get Our Kids Back on Track.

This post is by my brightbeam colleague Garris Landon Stroud, a teacher from Greenville, Kentucky who runs the Kentucky School Talk blog.…

4 years ago

As COVID Cases Rise, Case Study of a NJ District's Decision to Go All-Remote

It’s hard to argue that Mt. Olive Superintendent Robert Zywicki hasn’t been trying to do right by his 4,000 students.…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Some Advice for NJ's New Ed Commissioner: If We Don't Measure, We Can't Fix It

For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by the New Jersey Department of…

4 years ago

COVID Explainer: Will Your Child's School Have To Close?

An increasingly number of New Jersey school district superintendents are sending out letters to parents warning of school closures as…

4 years ago

“You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure”: Civil Rights Groups Plead for Feds to Require Standardized Testing This Spring

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, the clock is soon-to-be-Ex-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,…

4 years ago

My Son Spends Hours Watching “The Office” During His “Full Day” of Remote Instruction.

I knew something was wrong when, during what was supposed to be a full day of remote learning, my thirteen-year-old…

4 years ago

A Few Questions for Lakewood’s School Board, Superintendent, and Lawyer

Life is full of surprises but here’s one that blows me away: Michael Inzelbuch, attorney for the Lakewood Public Schools…

4 years ago

We Don’t Just Need COVID Testing, Our Students Need Academic Testing Too

When I was seven months pregnant with my first baby I developed a condition called preeclampsia. It can be quite…

4 years ago

Which One To Choose? Competing Headlines From Two NJ Newspapers

With New Jersey's COVID cases spiking -- yesterday the state reported 3,877 new cases, the highest since April 24 ---parents,…

4 years ago

As Lakewood’s COVID Cases Rise, Teachers Plead for Hybrid Instruction.

As far as we are concerned, 47 cases is 47 cases too many. As we begin flu season and COVID…

4 years ago