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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New York’s Common Core Task Force Advises Swift Brake Application to Reform
On Thursday morning President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, which greatly reduces the federal role in public education and hands much of the
QOD: Marcus Winters on the Charter School “Enrollment Gap”
In this new report that analyzes Denver’s common-enrollment system (in N.J., Newark and Camden use similar systems) Winters finds that the most “effective way to boost
A Response to UFT President Mike Mulgrew
Why is Michael Mulgrew in such a lather? The President of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City should be bathed in lavender,
Matt Katz Corrects the Record on Christie and the Common Core State Standards
From WNYC, this is the first item on Katz’s list of the ten times Gov. Christie lied on the campaign trail: online pharmacy zithromax for
Two Examples of Why Hillary Clinton is Wrong about Charter Schools
I’ve been hitting Hillary Clinton hard lately for her abrupt flip-flop on charter schools. She was once a fierce advocate but now a echoer of
N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina: “Every School Will Be Great”
“Today marks an unprecedented commitment to deliver for our schools that need extra support, and I know this will translate into real improvements in student
Time for @OldHillaryClinton Twitter Handle? Please, Hillary, Come Back!
Ah, Hillary. I confess that when you ran in 2008 I voted for Obama, but I’ve always admired your intelligence, energy, independence, and leadership. I’ve
Sunday Leftovers
Many news outlets covered this week’s release of N.J. student PARCC scores. See the Star-Ledger, NJ Spotlight, the Asbury Park Press, and MyCentralJersey. Bottom line: the scores are lower than New
QOD: NYS School Chief Merryl Tisch on de Blasio and Farina’s “Ridiculous” Goals for NYC’s Failing Schools
From Chalkbeat: Outgoing state Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch took a swipe at New York City’s school-improvement program Thursday, saying the city is permitting
Bill de Blasio Stays in the Slow Lane on School Improvement
Chalkbeat reports today that New York City Bill de Blasio’s $400 million plan to improve the city’s 94 worst high schools and middle schools is
N.J. PARCC Scores: All Our Kids are Above Average (well, mostly)
The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s PARCC scores yesterday and the results were good and, in fact, consistent with highly-regarded NAEP assessments:
QOD: Chris Stewart on How We Misunderstand Rosa Parks and the Meaning of Integration
The denigration of charter schools often revolves around what Chris calls the “integration imperative”: that school improvement is inextricably linked to an integrated society. Certainly, we
What’s the Purpose of a Federal Education Law Anyway?
Jim Schutze has a provocative column in the Dallas Observer (hat tip: Chris Stewart) called “Teacher Unions and Koch Bros. Join Forces to Sell Out
N.J.’s School Funding Formula Is Broken, and Not Just for Children with Disabilities
New Jersey’s legislated school funding formula, the 2008 School Funding Reform Act, is a hot mess. In fact, many people would concede (at least behind
Hillary & Bernie Gagged on K-12 Education Policy Discussions by Unions?
That’s the gist of this piece by Mark Hemingway in the Weekly Standard. He writes, In August, [Campbell] Brown organized an education reform forum in
It Could Be Worse: What if Cuomo Had Written the New NCLB?
‘The single best thing that I can do,” Gov. Cuomo said last year, is “break what is in essence one of the only remaining public
An Ohio Teacher Responds to Revelations that NEA and AFT Spent $5.7 Mil in 3 Years on Posh Hotels, Exotic
“It’s our money,” said Jade Thompson, an Ohio Spanish teacher, who makes about $65,000 a year and has challenged mandatory union dues in court. “Think
QOD: Chris Cerf Unplugged
Peter Cunningham, Executive Director of Education Post, chatted with Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf about efforts to improve public education in New Jersey’s largest school district.
MA PARCC Update: “Nat’l Media Has Inaccurately Described MA as ‘Abandoning the Common Core and PARCC'”
On Sunday the New York Times online pharmacy purchase atarax no prescription with best prices today in the USA featured an article on the demise
Cuomo Cries “Uncle” to Labor Lobbyists and Eviscerates NYS’s Teacher Evaluation Reform
When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo navigated an overhaul of the teacher tenure law last Spring, he took a moribund system – one in which
