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N.J.’s Magnet Schools Top Newsweek List: Our Brand of School Choice Teflon

Newsweek ranked New Jersey's best public high schools and the top five are High Technology High School, Academy for Mathematics…

9 years ago

Via NJ School Boards Association, Big PERC Decision on Maintenance of School Employee Health Benefit Premium Contributions

From NJSBA:NJSBA Applauds PERC Decision on Employee Health Insurance ContributionsTRENTON, August 20, 2015—The New Jersey School Boards Association today commended…

9 years ago

QOD: NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina Values Adults Over Kids

In an interview with the New York Observer, Fariña says, “To me the most important thing is, what do my…

9 years ago

In the (Hot) Light of Day, Another Thought on Yesterday’s GOP Education Summit

Yesterday we heard a substantive and reasonable discussions of hot-button education issues at  the The74/American Federation for Children education summit…

9 years ago

Two Thoughts on Today’s Education Summit

Today the American Federation for Children and The 74 held an education summit in New Hampshire for GOP candidates. I…

9 years ago

New Poll: Most Parents and Educators Oppose the “Opt-Out Movement”

Here’s a new poll out from Education Next which, among other things, confirms the lack of parent and teacher support…

9 years ago

QOD: Fighting the “Poisoning” of the Common Core Brand

Today’s Washington Post editorial describes  the bizarre toxicity of the name “Common Core,” which has been poisoned by both those…

9 years ago

Dear readers:

I'm taking a week off and will be back a week from Monday.Best regards,Laura

9 years ago

GOP Debate: What the Clown Car Gets Wrong about ESEA, Common Core, and Moms on the Ground

For us edu-centric folks,  the primary disappointment of the primetime FOX GOP debate last night was that education issues came…

9 years ago

TNTP’s Major Findings in new report, “Confronting the Hard Truth About our Quest for Teacher Development”

Districts are making a massive investment in teacher improvement—far larger than most people realize. We estimate that the districts we…

9 years ago