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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QOD: Annual Standardized Testing is a “Moral Imperative”
Today the Washington Post Editorial Board says that the “civil rights achievement” of NCLB, and pending Congressional negotiations over its reauthorization are, threatened by an unholy
NJEA’s Contributions Include Over Half a Million to Education Law Center
Mike Antonucci at Intercepts is performing a valuable public service as he drills down on the finances of each state’s NEA chapter. Yesterday he posted
Standardized Testing Opponents are on the Wrong Side of Civil Rights
Here’s my new Newsworks column: On Monday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan outlined his wish-list for the next iteration of No Child Left Behind.
Camden Public Schools: Here’s What’s at Stake
The politics of public education often take center stage in debates about the best way forward for American schools. Advocates for reform do daily battle
Education Highlights from Christie’s State of the State
Yesterday Gov. Chris Christie gave his State of the State speech, which received a lukewarm response, at least in New Jersey. See analyses from NJ
QOD re: Arne Duncan’s Speech
My favorite line of the speech was this one: “It is striking that black and Latino nine-year-olds are doing math today at about the level
Testing, Common Core, Charters: The Power of Nostalgia
It seems that the country’s gone wacky, at least within the politics of public education. Media roils with attacks on everything from standardized testing, to
Sunday Leftovers
The State Commission for Public Schools had harsh words for Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson, while the State Board of Education was uniformly pleased at the
New Jersey Crops that Rare Bird: A Universally Popular Public School Choice Program
New Jersey has never been the go-to state for public school choice. Our public school infrastructure consists of almost 600 school districts, accessible only through
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New Newsworks Column: Why a Christie Presidential Run is Good for N.J.’s Teachers’ Union
It starts here: The nation’s atwitter about a potential Republican nomination brawl between Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, as well as a posse of Tea
QOD, re: “Test-Based Accountability” and Charter Schools
I wish that the critics of testing and ‘test-based accountability’ would get together with their opponents and agree on some fair, effective and efficient ways
NJ Charter Schools Files Formal Ethics Complaint Against Charter School Foe Julia Sass Rubin
According to a just-issued press release, the N.J. Charter School Association has filed a formal complaint with the NJ State Ethics Commission against Rubin. NJSCA
Local Charter School Fisticuffs: How About Collaborating Instead?
Mark Weber, aka Jersey Jazzman, just published a lengthy series of posts about charter schools in Hoboken, with a particular focus on Elysian Charter School,
Any Parent Who Opposes the Common Core is Saying “I Do Not Want My Child Prepared for Life”
Here’s Stanford University mathematician Keith Devlin (also known as “The Math Guy” on NPR’s Weekend Edition): The fact is, any parent who opposes adoption of
Another Argument Against Lock-Step Teacher Salary Guides
There are many arguments against the way we back-load teacher compensation, i.e., awarding small annual salary increases to newer teachers while granting comparatively large salary
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Tomorrow Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard and Mayor Dana Redd will, according to a press release, “celebrate new school-wide positive behavior pilots that promise to improve
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New NJ Spotlight Column: Ongoing Battles in NJ over Camden, Newark, PARCC Testing, and School Funding
It starts here: New Jersey’s education reform landscape has always been rocky, and 2014 was no exception, pitted with growing resistance towards new accountability metrics,
