New Jersey School Boards Association President Larry Feinsod explains the association’s problem with Gov. Christie’s Pension and Health Benefits Study Commission’s idea to transfer the
Today Leslie Brody at the Wall St. Journal reports on the first day of PARCC [correction: NYS students don’t take PARCC, but annual standardized state tests
According to the Wall Street Journal, presidential hopeful Chris Christie told the editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader that “implementing the Common Core
This concerted effort by national civil rights groups to include annual standardized testing in a newly-authorized NCLB/ESEA bill (current title: Every Child Achieves Act) is in response
A “white,””progressive” Jersey mom explains to other moms why she didn’t opt out of PARCC and says she’s “sorry that you bought into NJEA’s $15
Today is Parents Across America and Fairtest’s “National Day of Action,” which is devoted to lobbying U.S. senators to eliminate annual standardized testing in the
Andy Rotherham has a great piece up at US News on the opt-out “movement.” Clear-headed as always, he notes that “in fact, for the overwhelming
Speaking of the bill proposed by N.J. Assembly members Patrick Diegnan and Mila Jasey that would place a three-year moratorium on all charter school approvals,
Score another one for Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan: not only does he want to undermine the state’s ability to gauge academic growth of needy students; now
From today’s NJ Spotlight column: Statewide, New Jersey’s public schools are creeping ever closer to the $20,000 mark, with an average in 2013-2014 of $19,211