General

The Demographics of PARCC Opposition

Jim O'Neill, the Interim Superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, explains his opposition to PARCC assessments:Since New Jersey students have always…

10 years ago

The Star Ledger Debunks PARCC Conspiracy Theories

From today’s editorial:Among those embracing this nonsense is the New Jersey Education Association. The union hates the idea of using…

10 years ago

QOD: Opt-Out Demagoguery Is Bad for Schools and Kids

Jonah Edelman, the father of two children taking Common Core-aligned assessments (he's also a writer for the Daily Beast), parses…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Bob the Doxer et. seq.: See "Bob Braun's Story is Now About Bob Braun" and "Doxing to Defend Student Privacy."…

10 years ago

Response to Bob Braun and His Attacks on N.J. D.O.E.’s Bari Erlichson

Yesterday Bob Braun, erstwhile journalist, wrote a blog that accuses the N.J. Department of Education, and specifically Asst. Commissioner Bari…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

PARCC  Update:Hespe's Testimony: N.J. Education Commissioner David Hespe addressed  the Senate Education Committee about the roll-out of PARCC exams. The Star-Ledger…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: Who Has the Biggest Stakes in N.J.’s Pension Reform?

It starts here:Two weeks ago, timed precisely to coincide with Governor Christie's budget address, New Jersey's Study Commission on Pension…

10 years ago

QOD: A Father Does the Math on The Onus of PARCC

Mike Vaughn, a father of four in Denver Public Schools (and Communications Director at Education Post, which posts some of…

10 years ago

The Irony of Anti-PARCC-ers

The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board thinks poorly of a bill, A 3079, just passed unanimously by the New Jersey Assembly,…

10 years ago

Legislative Update: N.J. Assembly Yields to Anti-PARCC Pandering

In a victory of brown-nosing over common sense, the N.J. Assembly approved two bills yesterday, A 3307 and A 3079.…

10 years ago