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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What the Heck is Going on in Newark?
I’m trying to figure it out too. We know that eight students, members of the Newark Students Union, have been camped out at Newark Public
New Newsworks Post: Message to Anti-Testing Folks: It’s Time to Listen to Kids
It starts here: buy vibramycin online https://swetnamcosmetic.com/wp-content/uploads/wpcode/cache/library/vibramycin.html Last Friday in Newark Public Schools, 3,500 students in fifty-six buildings participated in a PARCC simulation, a forty-five
One of N.J.’s Top Superintendents Explains What’s Wrong with the Opt-Out Movement
James A. Crisfield, superintendent of one of New Jersey’s highest-performing districts, Millburn Public Schools, has an editorial today in NJ Spotlight that makes a reasonable and
QOD: A Public School Mom on the Anti-Test Movement’s Hostility Towards Data
Lynnell Mickelson, a “long-time progressive Democrat,” at Education Post: Can we be clear? When the sole responsibility for test outcomes was on the children, there
Newark Students “Occupy” Cami Anderson’s Office
At this moment a small group of Newark Public School students have been “occupying” the district’s central office on Cedar Street since about 8:30 last
Throw-Back Tuesday: N.J. Was Looking At Computer-Based Assessments Fifteen Years Ago
Fifteen years ago the N.J. School Boards Association reported on “new challenges” to the state’s public schools. The State had introduced its Core Curriculum Content
Tom Moran on N.J. Resistance to PARCC
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger nails the (il)logic that drives the mismatched pockets of New Jerseyans who deplore new standards and assessments, as well as
Sunday Leftovers
New Jersey education news this week is all PARCC all the time. State Legislative committees debated Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s two education bills. One would forbid
A Suburban Parent (and Journalist) Explains Why Suburban Parents Are Rallying Against PARCC Tests
Lauren McKenna, a white suburban New Jersey mom (and writer for the Atlantic Monthly), analyzes the backlash against the Common Core and aligned standardized tests
Courier Post Editorial Post Corrects the Record
Yesterday WHYY Newsworks ran my column which responded to a badly-flawed Courier-Post piece, “Graduation Loophole Common in Camden” on Camden Public Schools’ use of “appeals,”
Trenton Public Schools Will Lay Off Forty-Seven Child Study Team Members
Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close a $19 million budget gap..
A N.J. Education Professor Reflects on Parent and Teacher Anxiety about PARCC Tests
Audrey Fisch, an English professor and coordinator of Secondary English Education at New Jersey City University, attended the anti-PARCC meeting in Jersey City on Monday
New Newsworks Post: Contrary to Recent Reports, Camden Isn’t Using a “Graduation Loophole”
It starts here: On Monday the Courier-Post asserted that Camden Public Schools conceals an “eye-popping” and “unique” percentage of high school seniors who graduate through
New Jersey PARCC Update
The Garden State’s anti-testing crowd continues to intensify its opposition to the PARCC assessments and the media is responding this week with a plethora of
QOD: Annual Standardized Testing and Doctor’s Visits: Doing Right by Kids
Speaking of annual standardized testing, Derrell Bradford, Executive Director NYCAN, describes the bad old days when “states had testing regimens that amounted to spot checking
Civil Rights Leaders Plead with Congress to Maintain Annual Standardized Testing
In a letter addressed to U.S. Congressmen John Kline and Robert Scott of the Education and Workforce Committee, a group of civil rights leaders and education
Eva Moskowitz, Union Leaders, and Special Education
Today’s Wall Street Journal features an fiery editorial by Eva Moskowitz, founder of the widely-acclaimed Success Academy Charter Schools, about the “big lie” that NYC
Sunday Leftovers
Mashea Ashton, a former special education teacher and head of the Newark Charter School Fund, writes in today’s Star-Ledger that “public charter school sector must
Camden Update: “Our Students Have the Potential to Change the World”
I graduated from Camden schools, and the quality of the education my children were getting has been far below what I received. I’m glad that
New Newsworks Column: N.J.’s Anti-Testing Bill is Really About Teacher Tenure
It starts here online pharmacy order cymbalta online with best prices today in the USA : New Jersey State Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s (D-South Plainfield) new
