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 “Hypocrisy” and Political Gamesmanship of Those who Support a Charter School Moratorium
Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex and Morris) got a taste of urban families’ wrath on Tuesday morning when more than one hundred parents gathered in front
Ass. Mila Jasey Ignores Parent Protest Against Her Charter Moratorium Bill
From today’s PolitickerNJ: More than 100 people protested in front of the Maplewood office of state Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-27) on Tuesday morning, decrying her
Fact-Checking Mokoto Rich of the NY Times on Common Core and Kindergarten
Motoko Rich’s article today on the front page of the New York Times, perhaps unwittingly, recites a meme of those who resent higher standards for
New NJ Spotlight Column: Christie’s About-Face on Common Core Takes Page From NJEA
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About That $15 Million That NJEA Spent on Anti-PARCC Propaganda To Fight “The Corporate Reform Agenda”
From today’s NJ Spotlight on New Jersey’s first year of value-added teacher evaluations, which rated 97% of teachers and principals “effective” or “highly effective”: online
Courier-Post Presents Editorial as Journalism Re: Camden School Lay-offs
No one likes to lay off teachers: neither parents, students, administrators, board members. While an article in the Courier Post ably captures everyone’s dismay, it
State School Funding: N.J. is #4
From the Washington Post, which reports that “U.S. states’ education spending averaged $10,700 per pupil in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but that
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Education News looks at the first results of N.J.’s value-added teacher evaluations, which “found that overall, 23.4% of teachers received “highly effective ratings; 73.9% of teachers
Camden Public Schools Update: District Will Expand Summer Programs
In response to concerns about summer retention – educationally-disadvantaged children lose up to three months of reading and math proficiency each summer – Camden Public
Two New Jersey Math Teachers Explain Why Christie is Wrong About the Common Core
Kristin DeLorenzo and Liz Gardner, two New Jersey elementary math teachers, respond in today’s Star-Ledger to Gov. Christie’s call to abandon the Common Core State
Hoboken Dual-Language Charter School Wins Fight Against Local School District
“We got approval twice already. They are not likely to prevail,” she said. “We hope that the Hoboken Board of Education finally stops trying to
New Newsworks column: What Does Christie’s Common Core Reversal Mean for New Jersey?
It starts here: Last Thursday during a speech at Burlington County College, Governor Christie renounced his commitment to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the
Question for the Day: How Much Did NJEA Pay to Protect Each Ineffective Teacher?
On Monday the New Jersey Department of Education released its Final Educator Evaluation Implementation Report, which provides data on the first year that N.J. linked
NJEA Prez Plays Defense after DOE Issues Findings that 97.2% of N.J. Teachers are Effective Educators
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
N.J. D.O.E. Releases Report on N.J.’s First Year of its New Teacher Evaluation System
“We must move forward with our work under this new system to make good teachers great, and great teachers exceptional.” That’s State Senator Teresa Ruiz
A New Jersey Teacher Explains Why Schools Need the Common Core
Allison Sussman, via Save Our Schools-NJ Facebook page: Are any of you commenting above teachers? I and all of my many teacher friends and colleagues,
QOD: What Comes Next after Christie’s Call to Abandon Common Core
John Mooney at NJ Spotlight: New Jersey is not the first state to take this zig-zagging path, with Republican governors in Louisiana and Arizona among
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Tom Moran on Christie’s Common Core flip-flop and the “character issue”: Christie was once a leading cheerleader for these standards — before he started running
Christie as Mini-Jindal
Commentators have noted similarities between Chris Christie’s reversal of support for the Common Core State Standards and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s flip-flop. Jindal, who got
