Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education released its first ever publication of the results of N.J.’s new teacher evaluation system, which rates teachers on
It starts here: The New Jersey Department of Education just released the “2013-2014 Final Educator Evaluation Implementation Report,” which lays out the results of New
While we do not yet know how many teachers may be subject to discipline once this year’s evaluations are completed, NJEA will vigorously represent any
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 charter school funding inequities: “Sadly,
Here’s a parent of a high school student enrolled at Asbury Park High School: “I am so done with that district,” said Phyllis Ling, who
Echoing U.S. Sec’y of Education Arne Duncan’s announcement this week at the Education Writers Association conference, N.J. Ed. Commissioner David Hespe said yesterday, according to
What looks like a victory to some parents may soon backfire in their faces. The anti-PARCC hysteria that’s torn through the Park Slopes of New
New Jersey’s opt-out numbers are in, reports today’s NJ Spotlight. (Here’s additional coverage from the Star Ledger, The Record, and the Wall Street Journal.) Education
Today’s NJ Advance Media article (i.e., Star-Ledger) notes this July marks the 20th anniversary of state control of Newark. Over the last two decades, the
It starts here: Legislators, lobbyists, and Twitter feeds were aflame last week when news surfaced that Pearson, the company that produces PARCC assessments, had hired