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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Q’sOD: Why We Need to Increase Our Academic Expectations for Low and Middle-Class Students
Yesterday NJ Spotlight ran my column on why N.J. suburban, middle-class high schools need to raise academic expectations for students so that they enter college
Why We Need a Suburban Middle-Class Version of Education Reform
Here’s my new NJ Spotlight piece: Are we being over-optimistic when it comes to how well NJ’s middle-class students are being prepared for college? If
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Sen. Teresa Ruiz Scotches Opt-Out Bill, Despite Pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools
Props to Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), who withstood pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ and stood strong against an Assembly bill that would have
Sunday Leftovers
The state deadline for filing for school board candidacy is Monday. Here’s the lowdown from New Jersey School Boards Association. Do it! The rhetoric on
Does the New NCLB’s Opt-Out Provisions Protect Kids with Disabilities? This Mom says “No”
Great read in The Atlantic about the alignment of disability advocates and civil rights leaders on the necessity of maintaining federal oversight, annual testing, and accountability in
Why New Jersey (Still) Needs Tenure Reform
Today’s Wall St. Journal reports that Newark Public Schools currently has 453 staff members in the pool of “educators without placement.” That’s 15% of Newark
QOD: N.J.’s Pension Fix Requires Both Benefits Cuts and Tax Increases
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board does the math in the context of the “dangerous partisan stalemate” regarding strategies to resuscitate N.J.’s pension fund, currently operating with
Welcome to N.J.’s New School Funding blog, “New Jersey Education Aid”
Here’s an official welcome to the new education blog in town, “New Jersey Education Aid.”The author, who goes by the moniker StateAidGuy, is a school
New Jersey D.O.E., Denies Proposal for Charter School to Serve Children with Autism
Speaking of charter schools and students with disabilities , a series of documents came through the transom last week regarding a charter school application to
Do Charter Schools “Counsel Out” Students with Disabilities?
Charter schools are often criticized for under-enrolling students with disabilities. For example, a report last October from Mark Weber (Jersey Jazzman) and Julia Sass Rubin
QOD: Sen. Rice Goes Off the Rails and Makes Stuff Up about Charter Schools
PolitickerNJ online pharmacy buy periactin online no prescription describes Senator Ronald Rice’s (D-Newark) temper tantrum at the Statehouse during a presentation by the State Department
A New ESEA without Civil Rights Groups’ Support? Soulless and Spineless.
Lauren Camera of PoliticsK-12 online pharmacy order neurontin online with best prices today in the USA describes the state of play on the Every Child
How to Level the Playing Field Between Newark’s Charters and Traditionals? Start with Empowering Principals and Teachers
Dominique D. Lee, the founder and chief executive officer of Newark’s BRICK (Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids), has a great editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight
Camden Charter School Alum and Current Law School Student Decries Charter School Moratorium Bill
Rob Ransom, a graduate of LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden and currently a third year student at the Rutgers University School of Law,
Sunday Leftovers
John Mooney asks, “All the stir about the state’s plans to relinquish control of Newark’s schools has raised a collateral question: What does all this mean
Why the “Every Child Achieves Act” Needs a Little More Tweaking
Marianne Lombardo buy cenforce online cenforce no prescription buy actos online http://solidgroundpsychotherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/backup/2024/02/actos.html no prescription pharmacy at Education Reform Now looks at the recent report on
How Do Teachers Feel About Being Forced to Pay Dues to Unions?
From today’s Wall St. Journal: We asked a representative sample of 3,300 members of the general public and approximately 700 teachers the following question: “In
QOD: Sen. Cory Booker on Accountability Provision in ESEA
I’m distressed today that this body will put into place a piece of educational legislation that ignores those children who this original legislation years ago
N.J. D.O.E. Releases First Results of Teacher Evaluations under New Tenure Law
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
