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Livingston Superintendent on PARCC: We Don’t Care; We Don’t Have To

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…

10 years ago

QOD: A Newark Mother Decries N.J.’s Charter Moratorium Bill

Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay…

10 years ago

I’m Off the Wagon, Diane

I’ve been really good about not quoting Diane Ravitch, but I'm off the wagon. In a recent blog post  she demeans national…

10 years ago

Civil Rights Groups Decry Anti-Testers’ Appropriation of a “False Mantle of Civil Rights”

In a just-issued press release,Twelve national civil and human rights groups announced their opposition to "anti-testing efforts springing up across…

10 years ago

QOD: N.Y. Times Debate on Standards and Assessments

The NYT's "Room for Debate" is featuring a conversation between Patricia Levesque from the Foundation for Excellence in Education and…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

North Brunswick Schools Superintendent Brian Zychowski on why opting your children out of PARCC hurts kids and schools:Parents need facts,…

10 years ago

QOD: Ross Douthat on Baltimore, Police Unions, and Teacher Unions

From today's New York Times:Police unions do have critics on the right. But thanks to a mix of cultural affinity,…

10 years ago

We Don’t Know Yet What’s a “Good” Score on PARCC, But ASK and HSPA Weren’t Reflective of Grade-Level Proficiency

From Leslie Brody in today's Wall St. Journal:As thousands of parents refuse to have their children take state tests in…

10 years ago

New Newsworks column: N.J.’s School Funding Formula is as Broken as its Pension System

On Tuesday New Jersey Education Commissioner David Hespe had the hapless task of appearing before the Senate Budget Committee to…

10 years ago

Contrary to NEA’s Claims, Teacher Retention is Robust

One of the arguments against data-infused teacher evaluations, higher standards and Common Core, and measuring student academic growth is that…

10 years ago