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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Newark Charter School Students Show “Dramatic” Learning Gains, says CREDO
The new report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) is out from Stanford University and the results show that students who attend charter
The Demographics of PARCC Opposition
Jim O’Neill, the Interim Superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, explains his opposition to PARCC assessments: Since New Jersey students have always done well by all
The Star Ledger Debunks PARCC Conspiracy Theories
From today’s editorial: Among those embracing this nonsense is the New Jersey Education Association. The union hates the idea of using tests to expose bad
QOD: Opt-Out Demagoguery Is Bad for Schools and Kids
Jonah Edelman, the father of two children taking Common Core-aligned assessments (he’s also a writer for the Daily Beast), parses the politics of the Opt-Out
Lessons from the Field: How Charter Schools Can Become Neighborhood Schools
One of the criticisms of charter schools is that they come into a neighborhood and supplant the traditional school, without serving as a ballast of
Sunday Leftovers
Bob the Doxer et. seq.: See “Bob Braun’s Story is Now About Bob Braun” and “Doxing to Defend Student Privacy.” My coverage here and here.
Bob the Doxer, Or, Braun’s Underhanded Response to My Response
Yesterday I wrote a response to Bob Braun’s attack on New Jersey’s Assistant Commissioner Bari Erlichson. Braun did acknowledge errors – not to me (which
New Newsworks Post: The Charter School Approval Bottleneck at the N.J. D.O.E.
It starts here: online pharmacy https://cosmeticlaboratories.com/wp-content/uploads/revslider/templates/360panorama/celexa.html with best prices today in the USA Last week, the Paterson Charter School of Science and Technology held its
QOD: Controversy Over Pearson “Spying” is “Much Ado about Little”
A clip from The Record editorial, but read the whole thing: IT’S WRONG to make a school exam public before students take it. And those who
Response to Bob Braun and His Attacks on N.J. D.O.E.’s Bari Erlichson
Yesterday Bob Braun, erstwhile journalist, wrote a blog that accuses the N.J. Department of Education, and specifically Asst. Commissioner Bari Erlichson, of conspiring with Pearson,
Camden Announces Partnership to Help Parents Become “Champions” of Education
From the district press release: online pharmacy https://tandempsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/icons/ultimate-icons/priligy.html with best prices today in the USA March 18, 2015 — Office of the Superintendent, Camden, NJ
Finally, Some Unbiased Educational Statistics on Newark Public Schools
Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable; everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New Jersey and local school officials
Pearson, PARCC, and the N.J. D.O.E.
Amid all the mythology about PARCC tests – teachers will be fired! students won’t graduate! the tests cost too much! they undermine instruction!* – news
Sunday Leftovers
PARCC Update online pharmacy https://www.hdtreatment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nolvadex.html with best prices today in the USA : Hespe’s Testimony: N.J. Education Commissioner David Hespe addressed the Senate Education Committee about
New Newsworks Column: Who Has the Biggest Stakes in N.J.’s Pension Reform?
It starts here: Two weeks ago, timed precisely to coincide with Governor Christie’s budget address, New Jersey’s Study Commission on Pension and Health Benefits released
In Camden, Community Members Engage in “Honest Talk” about “Hard Choices”
On Tuesday night in Camden, a standing room-only crowd of parents, grandparents, students and alumni of Camden Public Schools met with Mayor Dana Redd and
QOD: A Father Does the Math on The Onus of PARCC
Mike Vaughn, a father of four in Denver Public Schools (and Communications Director at Education Post, which posts some of my commentary), adds up how
The Irony of Anti-PARCC-ers
The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board thinks poorly of a bill, A 3079, just passed unanimously by the New Jersey Assembly, that would bar standardized testing
Legislative Update: N.J. Assembly Yields to Anti-PARCC Pandering
In a victory of brown-nosing over common sense, the N.J. Assembly approved two bills yesterday, A 3307 and A 3079. A 3307, according to the
Latest PARCC Opt-Out Numbers in New Jersey
Some more “opt-out of PARCC” data is rolling in from local news sources: Newton High School (Sussex County) had previously reported that 41% of its
