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New NJ Spotlight Column: Re: N.J.’s Mediocre PARCC Results, Don’t Shoot the Messenger

It starts here:Michael Barone once observed that “one of my longtime rules in politics is that all procedural arguments are…

9 years ago

New York’s Love Affair with Standardized Testing (as long as you call them Regents)

The Canandaigua Daily Messenger (an upstate paper in the lovely Finger Lakes region of New York State) reports today that…

9 years ago

New Column at The 74 on Newark’s April Surprise and the Rise of Charter School Parent Power

It starts here:New Jersey may be the Garden State, but don’t think you’ll find any country bumpkins in Newark, the…

9 years ago

QOD: Suburban Parents Need to Get Their Heads Out of the Sand

From the New York Times Editorial Board:Affluent communities often assume that their well-appointed schools are excellent and that educational malpractice…

9 years ago

Scandal in Montclair on Election Day: City Council Candidate Sean Spiller and NJEA Money

Today is election day in Montclair, N.J. for City Council seats. One of the candidates, Sean Spiller, already beset by…

9 years ago

Newark District Teacher Explains Why She Sends Her Daughter to a Charter School

Erica Fortenberry, a seventeen-year veteran traditional Newark school educator, teaches in a school that "works on behalf of its students"…

9 years ago

Some Rich White School Leaders Need To Get Out More

On Wednesday, working my way back to Central Jersey from the annual convention of the Education Writers Association, I boarded…

9 years ago

Re: Chris Christie’s and N.J.’s Commitment to Revising the Common Core Because it was “Simply Not Working”

And I've got a bridge I can sell you. Just as well: the Common Core was fine to begin with.…

9 years ago

An Open Letter to New Yorkers, Particularly Those of Color

To our fellow New Yorkers:As the statewide English Language Arts and Math assessments for grades 3 through 8 wrap up,…

9 years ago

A Red Pen for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Temper Tantrum over Newark Public Schools’ State Aid

Last week Mayor Baraka issued a statement on Newark Public Schools' $72 million budget gap, bemoaning the fact that the…

9 years ago