NJ DOE

Education Law Center Files OPRA Request for Lakewood

Education Law Center has filed an OPRA request for “detailed documentation about the Lakewood school district's plan to reconfigure school…

13 years ago

WHYY Post: Statehouse Democrats Want to Cut All Funding for NJ’s Regional Achievement Centers

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks looks at a a potential casualty of the Legislature's budget debate: NJ's Regional Achievement…

13 years ago

NJ Report Cards Cause Consternation Re: “Real” Cost Per Pupil

The NJ DOE released the 2010-2011 School Report Cards yesterday, with a few new bells and whistles. One new feature…

13 years ago

“Wonder of Wonder, Miracles of Miracles”

Well, it's not quite a trip to the Promised Land but the New Jersey Department of Education did announce that…

13 years ago

What’s More Important? Local Control or Student Outcomes?

From my post today at WHYY Newsworks,"What's More Important: Local Control or Student Outcomes?"In New Jersey, nothing gets our blood…

13 years ago

Irony Alert: Closing Down Segregated Schools Reinforces Segregation

Education Law Center, standard bearer for poor minority students in New Jersey, issued a press release yesterday charging that Gov.…

13 years ago

NAEP Science Test Scores Released

The National Assessment of Educational Progress released its scores on science exams given to 8th graders. Overall, reports the Wall…

13 years ago

How Do NJ’s New Graduation Rates Correspond with Christie’s Reform Agenda?

That's the topic for my post today at Newsworks WHYY. Teaser:These changes are serendipitous for those of the education reform…

13 years ago

NJ Graduation Rates: Trenton and Lakewood

NJ School Boards Association has a cogent explanation of the new way NJ is calculating graduation rates:Previously, the graduation rate…

13 years ago

A Tale of Two Cities: Charter School Expansion in Philly and Camden

Check out my new column at NJ Spotlight on the some similarities and differences between the radical public school overhaul…

13 years ago