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 sorry to say the
Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay at Assembly bill A4351, which
I’ve been really good about not quoting Diane Ravitch, but I’m off the wagon. In a recent blog post she demeans national civil and human rights groups
In a just-issued press release, Twelve national civil and human rights groups announced their opposition to “anti-testing efforts springing up across the country that are
The NYT’s “Room for Debate” is featuring a conversation between Patricia Levesque from the Foundation for Excellence in Education and Kevin Welner of the National
North Brunswick Schools Superintendent Brian Zychowski on why opting your children out of PARCC hurts kids and schools: Parents need facts, not distortion. Fact: There’s
From today’s New York Times: Police unions do have critics on the right. But thanks to a mix of cultural affinity, conservative support for law-and-order
From Leslie Brody in today’s Wall St. Journal: As thousands of parents refuse to have their children take state tests in New Jersey this spring,
On Tuesday New Jersey Education Commissioner David Hespe had the hapless task of appearing before the Senate Budget Committee to explain next year’s school aid
One of the arguments against data-infused teacher evaluations, higher standards and Common Core, and measuring student academic growth is that these initiatives deflate teacher morale