Newark Superintendent Is Advising School Board Members to Lie to the State
Just when you think Newark Public Schools District can’t get any more dysfunctional, another perversion pops up. Example: today Chalkbeat reports that during October’s board
2022 Mid-Terms: Winners Listened to 81% of Parents Who Support School Choice
This is a press release from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Education played a significant role in the 2022 election cycle in America—and
Top New Jersey Officials Demand More Honesty and Less Vomit From Murphy’s Education Department As Student Proficiency Plummets
When someone stands up and says New Jersey schools are #1 I have an immediate reaction to vomit because I know that’s not true. That’s
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The COVID Pandemic Has Not Changed Some Things: More Shoddy Research From Jersey Jazzman and NJ Policy Perspective
Mark Weber, Ph.D. (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman), has published an op-ed in NJSpotlight (based on a report he did for New Jersey Policy Perspective [NJPP]) that purports to
Oscar James: We Can’t Depend on Murphy To Fix Our Schools So We Have To Depend on Ourselves
My daughter attends West Side High School in Newark. A long time ago, New Jersey promised us a new $160 million school building for West
Lilley: If NJ Teachers Want a Solvent Pension System, They Must Demand Change.
The Star-Ledger reports that NJ’s pension investments earned 1.2% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. This is far below the 7.5% assumed return and given that NJ
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Why is Jersey Jazzman Despondent Because Uncommon Schools is Providing Low-Income Kids of Color with Academic Success?
Leave it to Jersey Jazzman, a.k.a., Mark Weber, to take offense — and then become offensive — after reading someone else’s opinion that might not
News from Camden: Traditional Schools are Improving
Traditional Camden schools, reports Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard, are showing signs of improvement, and therefore this year the district will not convert any schools into hybrid
Sunday Leftovers
“The discovery of elevated levels of lead in the drinking water at 30 Newark public schools has exposed a ‘blind spot’ in water-quality testing requirements
Who are the Candidates for Newark School Board?
Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make it there and haven’t seen
QOD: The Fix is In: New York State Board of Regents is Unabashedly Anti-Accountability
From WRVO: Three new regents elected by the legislature this week are expected to help lead an ongoing reversal in education policy in New York
Long Island Moms “Opt Out and Shop Out!”
OMG. This is so cool. Newsday reports today that “opponents of Common Core testing plan an ‘Opt Out, Shop Out’event at Roosevelt Field Mall on
No, Newark is Not Flint: Facts on the Discovery of Lead in 30 Newark School Buildings
Today the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, A.P., the Star-Ledger, and NJ Spotlight report on the alarming news that 30 school buildings in Newark
Rosa’s Ascendency on N.Y.’s Board of Regents Worsens N.Y.’s Ed Reform Prognosis
On February 28th, the Daily News ran this headline: “RIP, NY School Reform.” Either the editors there weren’t letting on all they knew or they
Christie to Newark Mayor Baraka: I’ll Run Over You if You Resist School Choice
Just when it seemed like N.J.’s absentee governor Chris Christie couldn’t do any more damage to his brand, yesterday he managed to verify the perception
Trump, Opt-Outers, and the Politics of Resentment
Much has been written about the constituency driving Donald Trump’s candidacy, what Molly Ball (describing Trump’s progenitor Sarah Palin) calls a “populist, antiestablishment politics of
Sunday Leftovers
Christie to N.J. State legislators: “If you try to stick it to charter schools, I will veto any bill.” The Senate Education Committee approved a
QOD: Giving Lie to the Cop-Out that Poverty Precludes School Improvement
Steven Chiger at The 74 writes, online pharmacy premarin no prescription with best prices today in the USA The thing is, there are schools out
Newsflash: Long Island Students Overwhelmingly Opt Into Common Core-Aligned Tests
Thousands of high school juniors across Long Island will pull out their pencils and calculators Saturday morning for a revamped SAT college-admissions test that reflects
Newark’s Anti-School Choice Crowd: “We’ve Been Betrayed!”
Just like Cain and Abel, you pulled a sneak attackI thought that we were brothersThen you stabbed me in the back”Betrayed! Oh boy, I’m so
Let’s Get Our Heads Out of the Sand!
I’m so excited to announce the launch of a new blog called “Head In the Sand,” subtitled “Are Our ‘Good’ Schools Really Good Enough?” The
Asbury Park Press Editorial Board Shoots the Messenger and Denies the Message
The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board is in denial. While they gleefully — and expertly — dissect the dysfunction in low-income urban schools like Lakewood
Everyone Ignored the United Opt-Out Conference in Philadelphia: No News is Good News
This past weekend marked the United Opt Out conference in Philadelphia called “Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution.” I follow this anti-standards and assessments/school choice group, so
N.J. D.O.E. Approves 3 New Charters and 16 Expansions
Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education announced the results of the most recent round of charter school authorizations. Three new charter schools were approved
Is Education Reform Dead in New York State?
This weekend the Daily News Editorial Board published a condemnatory piece called “RIP, NY School Reform.” The evidence behind this morbidity and mortality presentation is
Correcting the Record: NJEA President’s False Narrative of PARCC and Opt-Out Alliances
Last week Wendell Steinhauer, President of the New Jersey Education Association, published an editorial in the Asbury Park Press called “Parents, NJEA Winning Against PARCC.”
