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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Brookings: “One Newark” Open Enrollment System Makes N.P.S. A “Standout” in Education Choice
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Camden Superintendent “Holds His Team and Himself Accountable to the Community”
From yesterday’s press release from Camden Public Schools: February 2, 2015 — Office of the Superintendent, Camden, NJ – Superintendent Rouhanifard will join Thursday with
QOD: Diane Ravitch on National Standards and Annual Standardized Assessments
Absent standards, poor and minority children do not have equal access to challenging courses; absent assessments, no one can know the size of the gap
How the Anti-Standardized Testing Movement is Like the Anti-Vaccine Movement
Fifteen years ago the Center for Disease Control declared that measles had been eradicated in America. But now the CDC is warning that the U.S.
A High School Teacher and Her Students Reflect on the Common Core
As lobbyists heighten their hostility towards standardized tests, the Common Core State Standards are also under attack. Examples: Diane Ravitch, union evangelist, says that the
A Newark Mother of Ten Children Explains Why Her Children Need Charter Schools
Shayvonne Anderson , a Newark mother of ten children who range in age from five to eighteen, explains in the Star-Ledger today why she sends
Sunday Leftovers
NJ Spotlight reports on Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s bill that would mandate opt-out testing procedures. More on that this week. Here’s the link to the bill.
What’s Wrong with New Jersey’s Charter School Law?
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its sixth annual report this week that ranks state charter laws. (See Ann Whalen for an overview.)
QOD: Bob Braun Rebuts NJEA and SOS-NJ’s Claim that PARCC Tests are High Stakes for Students
Bob Braun, New Jersey’s Diane Ravitch-clone, is outraged. Okay, that’s his usual posture, but this time his target isn’t Cory Booker or Cami Anderson or
New Newsworks Column: NJEA and SOS-NJ’s Anti-PARCC Campaign Has Nothing to do with Kids
It starts here: The politics of standardized testing has kicked into overdrive in New Jersey. Last Friday the “Study Commission on the Use of Student
N.J.’s Teacher Pension System Gets a “C”
The National Council on Teacher Quality just released its state-by-state rankings of teacher pension systems, and N.J.’s is mediocre. We did well on categories related
Give the Cami-Bashing A Rest: Woes in Newark Go Way Back
My new Spotlight column is out today. It starts here: News from Newark Public Schools is alarming. Earlier this month state legislators who sit on
QOD: Teacher Unions Are Alienating “Blue-State Democrats”
I have little affection for Reason, a publication that sings the anthem of “free minds and free markets,” but this piece kind of nails it.
N.J. Reconsiders the “Harrowing Stresses” of “Data-Driven Education”
On Friday New Jersey’s “Study Commission on the Use of Student Assessments in New Jersey.” issued its Interim Report. (See today’s NJ Spotlight for details.)
Sunday Leftovers
From today’s New York Times on a GOP forum in Iowa where the party’s most conservative candidates railed against the Common Core State Standards: Senator
New Newsworks Column: Christie Gives the Bird to a School Choice Program
It starts here online pharmacy buy bactrim no prescription with best prices today in the USA : “It’s a great program,” says New Jersey Senate
Camden Principal Honored by U.S. Sec. of Education Arne Duncan
Camden Public Schools reports that Principal Keith Miles of Woodrow Wilson High School met yesterday with Sec. Duncan and other senior U.S. D.O.E. officials for
Teacher-led Charter Schools: Examples of Success
Today’s Washington Post features an article about two teacher-run charter schools, one in St. Paul, Minneapolis called the Avalon School and another in Denver called
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at the NJ School Choice Summit this Friday from 9-4 at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City. I’ll be moderating a panel, “The State of
Sunday Leftovers
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wrote a letter demanding Superintendent Cami Anderson’s resignation. And the Star-Ledger asked N.J. Education Commissioner David Hespe five questions about Newark
