Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
July 26, 2015
The state deadline for filing for school board candidacy is Monday. Here’s the lowdown from New Jersey School Boards Association. Do it! The rhetoric on
Does the New NCLB’s Opt-Out Provisions Protect Kids with Disabilities? This Mom says “No”
Laura Waters
July 24, 2015
Great read in The Atlantic about the alignment of disability advocates and civil rights leaders on the necessity of maintaining federal oversight, annual testing, and accountability in
QOD: N.J.’s Pension Fix Requires Both Benefits Cuts and Tax Increases
Laura Waters
July 24, 2015
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board does the math in the context of the “dangerous partisan stalemate” regarding strategies to resuscitate N.J.’s pension fund, currently operating with
Welcome to N.J.’s New School Funding blog, “New Jersey Education Aid”
Laura Waters
July 23, 2015
Here’s an official welcome to the new education blog in town, “New Jersey Education Aid.”The author, who goes by the moniker StateAidGuy, is a school
Do Charter Schools “Counsel Out” Students with Disabilities?
Laura Waters
July 22, 2015
Charter schools are often criticized for under-enrolling students with disabilities. For example, a report last October from Mark Weber (Jersey Jazzman) and Julia Sass Rubin
QOD: Sen. Rice Goes Off the Rails and Makes Stuff Up about Charter Schools
Laura Waters
July 21, 2015
PolitickerNJ describes Senator Ronald Rice’s (D-Newark) temper tantrum at the Statehouse during a presentation by the State Department of Education on charter school application processes:
A New ESEA without Civil Rights Groups’ Support? Soulless and Spineless.
Laura Waters
July 21, 2015
Lauren Camera of PoliticsK-12 describes the state of play on the Every Child Achieves Act as the House and Senate try to reconcile philosophically-irreconcilable versions
Why the “Every Child Achieves Act” Needs a Little More Tweaking
Laura Waters
July 17, 2015
Marianne Lombardo at Education Reform Now looks at the recent report on NAEP scores from the National Center for Education Statistics. Results show that many
How Do Teachers Feel About Being Forced to Pay Dues to Unions?
Laura Waters
July 16, 2015
From today’s Wall St. Journal: We asked a representative sample of 3,300 members of the general public and approximately 700 teachers the following question: “In
QOD: Sen. Cory Booker on Accountability Provision in ESEA
Laura Waters
July 16, 2015
I’m distressed today that this body will put into place a piece of educational legislation that ignores those children who this original legislation years ago