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Fact-Checking Mokoto Rich of the NY Times on Common Core and Kindergarten

Motoko Rich’s article today on the front page of the New York Times, perhaps unwittingly, recites a meme of those…

9 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: Christie’s About-Face on Common Core Takes Page From NJEA

It starts here:Gov. Chris Christie made national headlines recently when he announced that he was reversing his long-term support for…

9 years ago

About That $15 Million That NJEA Spent on Anti-PARCC Propaganda To Fight “The Corporate Reform Agenda”

From today's NJ Spotlight on New Jersey's first year of value-added teacher evaluations, which rated 97% of teachers and principals…

9 years ago

State School Funding: N.J. is #4

From the Washington Post, which reports that "U.S. states’ education spending averaged $10,700 per pupil in 2013, according to the…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Education News looks at the first results of N.J.'s value-added teacher evaluations, which "found that overall, 23.4% of teachers received “highly…

9 years ago

Two New Jersey Math Teachers Explain Why Christie is Wrong About the Common Core

Kristin DeLorenzo and Liz Gardner, two New Jersey elementary math teachers, respond in today’s Star-Ledger to Gov. Christie’s call to…

9 years ago

Hoboken Dual-Language Charter School Wins Fight Against Local School District

"We got approval twice already. They are not likely to prevail," she said. "We hope that the Hoboken Board of…

9 years ago

New Newsworks column: What Does Christie’s Common Core Reversal Mean for New Jersey?

It starts here:Last Thursday during a speech at Burlington County College, Governor Christie renounced his commitment to the Common Core…

9 years ago

Question for the Day: How Much Did NJEA Pay to Protect Each Ineffective Teacher?

On Monday the New Jersey Department of  Education released its Final Educator Evaluation Implementation Report, which provides data on the…

9 years ago

N.J. D.O.E. Releases Report on N.J.’s First Year of its New Teacher Evaluation System

"We must move forward with our work under this new system to make good teachers great, and great teachers exceptional.”That’s…

9 years ago