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Why N.J. Still Needs Tenure Reform

"Two Mount Olive High School teachers, initially fired in 2013 after allegedly calling students "Negroes," have been allowed to return…

8 years ago

Question of the Day: What Could Christie Possibly Be Thinking?

Why would Gov. Christie propose a school funding reform plan that hasn’t a ghost of a chance of passing through…

8 years ago

Two Conflicting Views on School Integration

Nikole Hannah-Jones in the New York Times Magazine:The [Brown vs. Board of Education] ruling made clear that because this nation…

8 years ago

QOD: Kofi from the South Bronx Tells Brian Lehrer Why He’s “Baffled” at De Blasio’s Charter School Opposition

Every weekday morning WNYC host Brian Lehrer hosts a radio show on "what matters most now in local and national…

8 years ago

Parsing NJEA’s Tax Filings & Considering NJ’s Fiscal State if Christie Wasn’t Governor

Jeff Bennett at New Jersey Education Aid asks this question: if Jon Corzine had won another term or Barbara Buono had…

8 years ago

N.J. Principal: PARCC Tests Tell Us What We Need to Know

When New Jerseyans hear “Bergen County,” they think “rich and white.” That perception is mostly true, but not entirely. For…

8 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

"When I look across Camden today, for the first time in years," says George Norcross, "I find myself optimistic about…

8 years ago

Charter Haters Keep Hating, But Six Success Academy Kids Make The Cut for N.Y.C.’s Elite Magnet Schools

There’s some remarkable news out of New York City today: The Daily News reports that six eighth-graders who attend Eva…

8 years ago

QOD: Yonkers Teacher Union Leaders Coach Teacher On Covering Up Student Assault

The 74 has a piece up today on Yonkers Public Schools, one of New York State's most troubled school districts,…

8 years ago

If You’re Keeping Score of PARCC Opt-Out Rates in New Jersey…

Montclair Public Schools, one of the hotbeds of PARCC refusals, reports that more students took the PARCC this year than…

8 years ago