Jim O’Neill, interim superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, defends his district's high PARCC opt-out rates in yesterday’s NJ Spotlight:I am…
Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay…
I’ve been really good about not quoting Diane Ravitch, but I'm off the wagon. In a recent blog post she demeans national…
In a just-issued press release,Twelve national civil and human rights groups announced their opposition to "anti-testing efforts springing up across…
The NYT's "Room for Debate" is featuring a conversation between Patricia Levesque from the Foundation for Excellence in Education and…
North Brunswick Schools Superintendent Brian Zychowski on why opting your children out of PARCC hurts kids and schools:Parents need facts,…
From today's New York Times:Police unions do have critics on the right. But thanks to a mix of cultural affinity,…
From Leslie Brody in today's Wall St. Journal:As thousands of parents refuse to have their children take state tests in…
On Tuesday New Jersey Education Commissioner David Hespe had the hapless task of appearing before the Senate Budget Committee to…
One of the arguments against data-infused teacher evaluations, higher standards and Common Core, and measuring student academic growth is that…