Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
January 25, 2015
From today’s New York Times on a GOP forum in Iowa where the party’s most conservative candidates railed against the Common Core State Standards: Senator
Teacher-led Charter Schools: Examples of Success
Laura Waters
January 20, 2015
Today’s Washington Post features an article about two teacher-run charter schools, one in St. Paul, Minneapolis called the Avalon School and another in Denver called
Come join me…
Laura Waters
January 20, 2015
at the NJ School Choice Summit this Friday from 9-4 at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City. I’ll be moderating a panel, “The State of
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
January 18, 2015
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wrote a letter demanding Superintendent Cami Anderson’s resignation. And the Star-Ledger asked N.J. Education Commissioner David Hespe five questions about Newark
QOD: Annual Standardized Testing is a “Moral Imperative”
Laura Waters
January 16, 2015
Today the Washington Post Editorial Board says that the “civil rights achievement” of NCLB, and pending Congressional negotiations over its reauthorization are, threatened by an unholy
NJEA’s Contributions Include Over Half a Million to Education Law Center
Laura Waters
January 16, 2015
Mike Antonucci at Intercepts is performing a valuable public service as he drills down on the finances of each state’s NEA chapter. Yesterday he posted
Standardized Testing Opponents are on the Wrong Side of Civil Rights
Laura Waters
January 16, 2015
Here’s my new Newsworks column: On Monday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan outlined his wish-list for the next iteration of No Child Left Behind.
Education Highlights from Christie’s State of the State
Laura Waters
January 14, 2015
Yesterday Gov. Chris Christie gave his State of the State speech, which received a lukewarm response, at least in New Jersey. See analyses from NJ
QOD re: Arne Duncan’s Speech
Laura Waters
January 13, 2015
My favorite line of the speech was this one: “It is striking that black and Latino nine-year-olds are doing math today at about the level
Testing, Common Core, Charters: The Power of Nostalgia
Laura Waters
January 12, 2015
It seems that the country’s gone wacky, at least within the politics of public education. Media roils with attacks on everything from standardized testing, to