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Head of La Raza Explains Why New Jersey Must Maintain Common Core State Standards

Rafael Collazo, Director of the National Council of La Raza and a New Jersey public school parent, addressed the Education…

9 years ago

NEA Set to Endorse Clinton and Trot Down the Well-Worn Anti-Choice Path

As Mike Antonucci reported yesterday and Politico reports today, the "top brass" of the National Education Association's PAC is planning…

9 years ago

Anti-School Choice Declarations of Community “Protection” are Inherently Disrespectful

There’s a conceit among those who protest the expansion of school choice that they are protecting communities, especially poor minority…

9 years ago

QOD: De Blasio Should Get Real and Address NYC’s Failing Schools

StudentsFirstNY decries Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Farina’s “happy talk,” “smiling press conferences,” and “flowery rhetoric” about the…

9 years ago

Asbury Park Press Nails It: Lakewood Discriminates against Minority Special Education Children

The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board calls for a full investigation against Lakewood Public Schools’ discriminatory (and illegal) practice of…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

"The Newark Educational Success Board – formed by Mayor Ras Baraka and Gov. Chris Christie in June – told more…

9 years ago

QOD: NY Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on Common Core

From Politico:The state Education Department will take suggestions on what portions of the Common Core standards should be changed, but…

9 years ago

The Spectrum Disorder of Education Reform: A Little Behavioral Therapy

Let’s get one thing straight: almost everyone is an education reformer. The only exception is if you live in a…

9 years ago

UFT Members Encourage “Unethical” Stance on Opting-Out of Tests

From Chalkbeat:“I think opt-out is something that is not reasonable,” State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said at an event hosted…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

The Star-Ledger reports that NEA and AFT are two of the biggest spenders among lobbying groups:The NEA spent $1.2 million…

9 years ago