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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Upper-Class Suburbia and Its Discontents with PARCC
Laura McKenna, author of the recent Atlantic article “What Happens When Students Boycott a Standardized Test? “ (April 9th), describes herself as a typical New
Are Teacher Unions in a “Terrible Situation” or in the Catbird Seat on Standardized Testing Issues?
“The teachers’ unions are in a terrible situation,” he said, “because on the one hand they want to argue that expectations are too high. But
“Movements are moral.” Opting-out Isn’t.
A couple of weeks ago Citizen Stewart online pharmacy buy albuterol online cheap pharmacy wrote that he was having trouble shutting his mind off after
QOD: A Former Newark Public Schools Student to Assembly: Pull the Charter Moratorium Bill
Ron Rice Jr., a former Newark Public Schools student, Newark city councilman, and current senior director of government relations at the National Alliance for Public
Sunday Leftovers
N.J. schools ace technology requirements of PARCC, reports NJ Spotlight: As controversial as the new PARCC tests continue to be, the technology behind the state’s
Crunching the PARCC Opt-Out Data
What looks like a victory to some parents may soon backfire in their faces. The anti-PARCC hysteria that’s torn through the Park Slopes of New
Statistic of the Day: Newark Families’ Top Choices Are Charter Schools
Newark Public Schools released data this week on parent preferences among the district’s seventy-two traditional and charter schools. The One Newark universal enrollment allows parents
New Jersey’s Opt-Out Numbers Are In
New Jersey’s opt-out numbers are in, reports today’s NJ Spotlight. (Here’s additional coverage from the Star Ledger, The Record, and the Wall Street Journal.) Education
New Newsworks Column: NJEA and the Heritage Foundation: Perfect Together
It starts here online pharmacy buy periactin no prescription : Almost everyone is finding something to like in the new U.S. Senate bill that would
NJSBA Prez: Hold Your Horses on Transferring State Health Care Premium Payments to School Districts
New Jersey School Boards Association President Larry Feinsod explains the association’s problem with Gov. Christie’s Pension and Health Benefits Study Commission’s idea to transfer the
Common Core-Aligned Opt-Outs’ Correlation with Family Income
Today Leslie Brody at the Wall St. Journal reports on the first day of PARCC [correction: NYS students don’t take PARCC, but annual standardized state tests
Bizarro Christie Moment
According to the Wall Street Journal, presidential hopeful Chris Christie told the editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader that “implementing the Common Core
Newark Families’ First Choice: Charter Schools
Today’s NJ Spotlight reports on the second year of One Newark’s universal enrollment system, whereby parents get to rank their school choices: As they were
QOD: Civil Rights Groups Take on Anti-Testers, Including NEA
This concerted effort by national civil rights groups to include annual standardized testing in a newly-authorized NCLB/ESEA bill (current title: Every Child Achieves Act) is in response
Twenty Years of State Control in Newark
Today’s NJ Advance Media article (i.e., Star-Ledger) notes this July marks the 20th anniversary of state control of Newark. Over the last two decades, the
Sunday Leftovers
A “white,””progressive” Jersey mom explains to other moms why she didn’t opt out of PARCC and says she’s “sorry that you bought into NJEA’s $15
Irony of the Day: Education Law Center FIghts Camden Parents’ Rights to Educational Equity
To no one’s surprise, Education Law Center is threatening legal action against the expansion of renaissance schools in Camden, a type of charter/district hybrid school
New Newsworks column: Can Camden’s Renaissance Schools Challenge Anti-Charter Rhetoric?
It starts here: There’s been lots of chatter during the last few months from those who resent the expansion of school choice in Camden. For
Parents Across America and Fairtest Fight ESEA/NCLB Commitment to Annual Standardized Tests
Today is Parents Across America and Fairtest’s “National Day of Action,” which is devoted to lobbying U.S. senators to eliminate annual standardized testing in the
Opting Out of PARCC: “Everyone is Talking About it at Whole Foods”
Andy Rotherham online pharmacy purchase suhagra online no prescription has a great piece up at US News on the opt-out “movement.” Clear-headed as always, he
