Analysts at the Fordham Foundation created a rubric for gauging the difficulty of firing ineffective teachers based on these three metrics: Does tenure protect veteran
Leaders of the New Jersey Education Association often profess disdain for public charter schools. But how far will they go to stop expansion of a
Dear Friends, I’m writing to you, not in my capacity as President of the Board of Trustees of HoLa (Hoboken Dual Language Charter School) but
John Holland Charter School in Paterson just announced its most recent PARCC scores for 6th graders in language arts: 68.4% received scores indicating either proficiency
New Jersey papers are blaring Gov. Chris Christie’s declaration yesterday that he will attempt an end-run around the Legislature and go to through the court
The Star-Ledger reports that a record 9,500 students in New Jersey declined vaccinations in the 2015-16 school year, according to the state health department. That’s
Today the Star-Ledger marvels over the new Phillipsburg High School building, a “sprawling 326,000-square-foot school built atop a hill off Belvidere Road in Lopatcong Township.”
As head of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey, Bishop Reginald Jackson has been a powerful voice for school reform.. Tom Moran of the
Diane Ravitch is irked. The new Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) poll shows that that most Americans believe that the purpose of public education is to
David Osborne and Anne Osborne in US News and World Report: Creaming can take several forms: self-selection by the most motivated families; long applications that