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Sunday Leftovers

From today's New York Times on a GOP forum in Iowa where the party's most conservative candidates railed against the…

10 years ago

Teacher-led Charter Schools: Examples of Success

Today’s Washington Post features an article about two  teacher-run charter schools, one  in St. Paul, Minneapolis called the Avalon School…

10 years ago

Come join me…

at the NJ School Choice Summit this Friday from 9-4 at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City. I’ll be moderating…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wrote a letter demanding Superintendent Cami Anderson’s resignation. And the Star-Ledger asked N.J. Education Commissioner David…

10 years ago

QOD: Annual Standardized Testing is a “Moral Imperative”

Today the Washington Post Editorial Board says that the “civil rights achievement” of NCLB, and pending Congressional negotiations over its reauthorization…

10 years ago

NJEA’s Contributions Include Over Half a Million to Education Law Center

Mike Antonucci at Intercepts is performing a valuable public service as he drills down on the finances of each state's…

10 years ago

Standardized Testing Opponents are on the Wrong Side of Civil Rights

Here's my new Newsworks column:On Monday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan outlined his wish-list for the next iteration of…

10 years ago

Education Highlights from Christie’s State of the State

Yesterday Gov. Chris Christie gave his State of the State speech, which received a lukewarm response, at least in New…

10 years ago

QOD re: Arne Duncan’s Speech

My favorite line of the speech was this one: “It is striking that black and Latino nine-year-olds are doing math…

10 years ago

Testing, Common Core, Charters: The Power of Nostalgia

It seems that the country’s gone wacky, at least within the politics of  public education. Media roils with attacks on…

10 years ago