NJ DOE

N.J. D.O.E. Releases First Results of Teacher Evaluations under New Tenure Law

Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education released its first ever publication of the results of N.J.'s new teacher evaluation…

9 years ago

New Newsworks Column: Why Data-Driven Teacher Evaluations Are Here to Stay in New Jersey

It starts here:The New Jersey Department of Education just released the "2013-2014 Final Educator Evaluation Implementation Report," which lays out…

9 years ago

NJEA Prez Plays Defense after DOE Issues Findings that 97.2% of N.J. Teachers are Effective Educators

While we do not yet know how many teachers may be subject to discipline once this year’s evaluations are completed,…

9 years ago

A Fourth-Grader Takes on Jersey City’s Charter School Funding Inequities

Here’s Louis Correro, a fourth-grader at Ethical Community Charter School in Jersey City, in today’s NJ Spotlight piece on N.J.’s…

10 years ago

If Asbury Park Public Schools Were Charters, They’d Be Shut Down Long Ago

Here’s a parent of a high school student enrolled at Asbury Park High School:"I am so done with that district,"…

10 years ago

N.J. Ed. Comm. Hespe: Districts with High Opt-Outs will Be Placed on Corrective Action Plans and Risk State and Federal Funding

Echoing U.S. Sec’y of Education Arne Duncan’s announcement this week at the Education Writers Association conference, N.J. Ed. Commissioner David…

10 years ago

Crunching the PARCC Opt-Out Data

What looks like a victory to some parents may soon backfire in their faces. The anti-PARCC hysteria that's torn through…

10 years ago

New Jersey’s Opt-Out Numbers Are In

New Jersey’s opt-out numbers are in, reports today’s NJ Spotlight.  (Here's additional coverage from the Star Ledger, The Record, and…

10 years ago

Twenty Years of State Control in Newark

Today’s NJ Advance Media article (i.e., Star-Ledger)  notes this July marks the 20th anniversary of state control of Newark.  Over…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Is Pearson Really Stalking Your Kids’ Twitter Feed?

It starts here:Legislators, lobbyists, and Twitter feeds were aflame last week when news surfaced that Pearson, the company that produces…

10 years ago