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N.J. Suburban Schools are “Not as Good as You Think”

On Monday I spoke at a launch event for Pacific Research Institute's release of a report called "“Not As Good…

9 years ago

Perfect Example of #OptOutSoWhite

In this op-ed a Verona Public Schools mother urges parents to opt their kids out of upcoming PARCC tests because:The…

9 years ago

Headline vs. Lede in NYT Story on Charter School DIscipline Policies

Headline on today's Motoko Rich story: "Charter Schools Suspend Black and Disabled Students More, Study Says"Lede in today's Motoko Rich…

9 years ago

QOD: WSJ on NYC Mayor de Blasio’s “Embrace” of UFT & Unified Antipathy towards Charters

Read the whole article but here are a few tidbits:Mayor Bill de Blasio...has embraced the United Federation of Teachers and…

9 years ago

Buffalo News: NYS Regents Turning into Union-Sponsored “Special Interest Organization”

The Buffalo News opines on the pending election of Betty Rosa as Chancellor of the New York State Regents:Change appears…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

"The discovery of elevated levels of lead in the drinking water at 30 Newark public schools has exposed a 'blind…

9 years ago

QOD: The Fix is In: New York State Board of Regents is Unabashedly Anti-Accountability

From WRVO:Three new regents elected by the legislature this week are expected to help lead an ongoing reversal in education…

9 years ago

Long Island Moms “Opt Out and Shop Out!”

OMG. This is so cool. Newsday reports today that “opponents of Common Core testing plan an ‘Opt Out, Shop Out’event…

9 years ago

Rosa’s Ascendency on N.Y.’s Board of Regents Worsens N.Y.’s Ed Reform Prognosis

On February 28th, the Daily News ran this headline: “RIP, NY School Reform.” Either the editors there weren’t letting on…

9 years ago

Trump, Opt-Outers, and the Politics of Resentment

Much has been written about the constituency driving Donald Trump’s candidacy, what Molly Ball (describing Trump’s progenitor Sarah Palin) calls…

9 years ago