Trenton

How the Disproportionality Problem in Special Education and Disciplinary Practices is like the “Hotel California”

From the Associated Press:With new data in hand, the Education Department said Tuesday that disparities persist in the nation's public…

9 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Administrators Crow at Graduation Rates; Meanwhile, 0% of Students Are Proficient in Algebra II

What’s a high school diploma worth?That question underlies much of the current disputes about higher standards for schoolchildren.Historically we’ve flung…

9 years ago

Abrupt Departure for Trenton Superintendent Francisco Duran

Superintendent Duran, who has held the top post at Trenton Public Schools since July 2012, announced that he was leaving…

9 years ago

New Newsworks column: Don’t Blame Charters For Trenton Public Schools’ Budget Woes

It starts here:Last Friday Janice Williams, Grievance Chair of the Trenton Education Association, did us all a favor and cut…

9 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Will Lay Off Forty-Seven Child Study Team Members

Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close…

10 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Addresses Its Special Education Problems

The Trenton Times reports today that district administrators are trying to bring back more students with disabilities into district schools.…

10 years ago

New Newsworks post: Urban Hope Act Opponents Keep Changing Their Rhetoric

It starts here:Charter school opponents were in mourning this week after they failed to derail a set of amendments to…

10 years ago

Urban Hope Act Amendments Approved by Evil N.J. Republi-Crates

My parents (may their memories be a blessing) would have loved Blue Jersey, that unabashedly 60’s-ish website that drapes itself…

10 years ago

School Board Members: “Frogs at the Bottom of a Deep Well”

Late Sunday night yet another Trenton Board of Education  member resigned, leaving only four members of the nine-member, mayor-appointed group,…

10 years ago

New WHYY Post: What’s Next for Jersey Ed Reform after Newark and Trenton Losses?

Today's column here: Among various New Jersey elections yesterday, Newark and Trenton's mayoral contests pivoted on concerns about the growing…

11 years ago