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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Trying to Divine Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Stance on Charter Schools
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s public education agenda is making news this week. NJ Spotlight reports today on the “growing relationship – if not outright alliance”
QOD: Once Again, Why We Need Common Core and Aligned Tests
After you complete high school, you’re often expected to go on to higher education. But here in the city, the state’s top education official says
Special Ed Teachers Crushed by Data? Don’t Opt Out!
NPR reported this past weekend that 40 out of 50 states are having trouble finding special education teachers teachers and the primary reason is “the
QOD: N.J. Teacher of the Year Explains Why Our Kids Need Common Core-aligned PARCC Tests
Maryann Woods-Murphy, New Jersey’s 2010 Teacher of the Year, explains how the National Network of State Teachers of the Year arrived at the consensus that
Two Members of NJ’s Special Education Task Force Decry Lack of Input and Substance
Three years ago in January 2013 NJ Senators Jennifer Beck and Teresa Ruiz sponsored a bill to create a Task Force to study the state’s
Camden Public Schools’ Accountability Scores Reveal Honesty and Leadership
Yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer looks at the grim PARCC results in Camden: 6% proficiency in language arts and 4% proficiency in math among third-eighth graders, somewhere
U.S. Attorney Demands Response from De Blasio Administration on NYC Schools Non-Compliance with ADA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, December 21, 2015Statement Of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara On Letter To New York City Department Of Education About Noncompliance With ADA
A Response to a Report of Andrew Cuomo’s Demise
On Saturday Fred LeBrun of the Times-Union, Albany’s daily paper wrote an obituary for Andrew Cuomo’s career. According to LeBrun, the Governor’s premature passing stems
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Edgewater Public Schools’ administrators are pleased with the implementation and results of PARCC testing: “We barely had any opt-outs and everybody took it seriously,” said
Anti-Testing Movement Privileges Rich Students over Poor Students
It’s like New Jersey is two separate countries, at least as I read my local papers yesterday. In the Trenton Times, Tricia Baker, a mom
Camden Releases PARCC Scores and District Accountability Ratings
At Tuesday night’s Camden School Board meeting, Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard and Deputy Superintendent Katrina McCombs released school-by-school PARCC scores. The results aren’t pretty but, noted
A Teachable Moment for Andrew Cuomo: Lead the State, Not Just the Loud
Poor Andrew Cuomo: he just can’t get it right. First he signed the Education Transformation Act of 2015 that, in part, ties teacher evaluations to
When Local Control Runs Amok: A Case Study of Lakewood, NJ and East Ramapo, NY
New Jersey has Lakewood and New York has East Ramapo, two cities where the vast majority of residents are Jewish Orthodox families who primarily send
Hoboken Charter School Approved by State To Give Preference to Low-Income Families
In a move that will indubitably spark dread into the anti-charter school brigade, HoLa Dual Language Charter School in Hoboken, a Spanish immersion public school
QOD: Newark School Board Member: Low Income Parents Drive Expansion of Charter Schools
Rashon K. Hasan, member of the Newark Board of Education, has a guest column at Education Post that decries the anti-reformers in Newark and hails
Newsflash: de Blasio and Farina Close Three Brooklyn Schools that No One Wants to Attend
Big news! In a dramatic shift from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Farina’s indefatigable devotion to keeping failing schools open
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 around high school
Bob Braun Attacks African-American Charter School Moms
Bob the Doxer is at it again. This former journalist from the Star-Ledger who bides his time hurling invective at education reform efforts has a
N.J. Charter School Parents Lobby Legislators to Preserve and Expand School Choice
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Sunday Leftovers
Will the new federal education law affect New Jersey’s relatively new teacher tenure and evaluation reform? NJ Spotlight quotes N.J. Comm. David Hespe, who says,
