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First Week of November? Time for My Annual Rant Against the NJEA Convention

If you're the parent of a New Jersey public school student, then this week marks your annual quality time bonus.…

9 years ago

NJEA WIns Big in Yesterday’s Election

NJEA reports today that its Super PAC, Garden State Forward, "scored a big victory" last night as "every incumbent Legislator…

9 years ago

Re: Educational Equity, Carmen Farina and Bill De Blasio Prefer Bedtime Stories to Doing “What Actually Works”

On Monday at a press conference, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina was asked about the De Blasio Administration’s lackluster efforts…

9 years ago

N.J. Board of Education Candidates Will Belong to Any Club That Will Have Them as Members

Groucho Marx aside, here's some numbers via the Star-Ledger on school board elections today. Don't forget to vote!1,861 candidates are…

9 years ago

NY and NJ NAEP Scores: “Don’t Panic”

There are two articles out today, one from the Fran Stancavage and George Bohrnstedt at the American Institute for Research…

9 years ago

New Jersey Demystifies PARCC Assessments

Here's New Jersey Asst. State Education Commissioner Bari Erlichson:By making these test questions public, teachers can see how their students'…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

New Jersey legislators are starting to acknowledge that our school funding formula is unsustainable and broken, underfunding some districts and…

9 years ago

NYC School Chief Farina Won’t Integrate Segregated Schools Because It Might Affect Teacher Evaluations

I’m guessing that many parents, particularly those of color whose children are consigned to a failing school, left a meeting…

9 years ago

New Spotlight column: Why is the Opt-Out Movement Outraged at Obama’s Testing Cap?

It starts here:On Saturday President Obama proposed a “Testing Action Plan” (TAP) that urges states to cap student standardized testing…

9 years ago

NAEP and MisNAEPery Roundup

No shortage of eduwonks have opinions on today's release of 2015 scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),…

9 years ago