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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Tweet of the Week: “Chad Aldeman @ChadAldeman BREAKING: Millions of students opt *into* standardized tests: media.collegeboard.com/digitalService… @CollegeBoard” NJ Spotlight has another in a series of
New Newsworks Post: Throwing Money at the “Bacon” Districts Won’t Solve Their Problems
It starts here online pharmacy buy revia with best prices today in the USA : The Education Law Center is in a rut. The ELC
Are Anti-Charter Folk Engaging in “Statistical Gibberish?”
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Trenton Public Schools Addresses Its Special Education Problems
The Trenton Times reports today that district administrators are trying to bring back more students with disabilities into district schools. At a school board meeting,
Americans Want Democratic Candidates Who Will “Modernize the Teaching Profession”
Third Way, online pharmacy buy tenormin no prescription pharmacy online pharmacy buy doxycycline online no prescription a global research group, has a report today on
Sunday Leftovers
Here’s great news for school boards and administrators, at least those in well-run schools: districts that receive high marks on the state accountability metric called
Media Coverage of N.J. Ed. Comm. David Hespe’s Hearing Before Senate Judiciary Committee
Yesterday afternoon the N.J. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Acting Education Commissioner David Hespe as Chris Cerf’s permanent replacement. Media coverage focused on some “tough
The Odds Against Students in Newark, Camden, and Trenton
Ross Danis, president and CEO of the Newark Trust for Education, considers the high odds against academic success for New Jersey students confined within the state’s
New Newsworks Post: A Local NJEA Unit’s Distorted Attacks on PARCC Testing
It starts here: Last month the Executive Committee of the Delran Education Association (Burlington County) issued a “massive position statement” detailing its “defiant opposition to
Great News from Camden!
Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard just announced that the high school graduation rate in Camden City Schools, which was 51% in 2012 and 56% in 2013,
New Anti-Reform Meme: Too Many Kids Go to College
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QOD: How do most African-Americans and Latinos Feel about the Common Core?
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The Daily Record on Common Core and PARCC: “Get a Horse”
Yesterday The Daily Record published an editorial that slams both the Common Core State Standards and the tests aligned with the Common Core called PARCC.
Sunday Leftovers
Good news on the graduation front: New Jersey’s graduation rate grew to 88.6 percent in 2014, slightly higher than the previous year, Note that this increase
Philly School Advocacy Partners on Schools that Work and Those that Don’t
Public education advocates in New Jersey, from Derrell Bradford to Paul Tractenberg (bet you never thought you’d see those two in the same sentence), have
Two New Studies on Charter Schools
There are two new reports out this week on charter schools. The first is from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, which rates each
Ryan Hill of KIPP New Jersey on Ferguson and Eric Garner
Here’s part of his statement: Over the past couple weeks, in classrooms across Newark and Camden, KIPP New Jersey teachers, families, social workers, and staff
New Newsworks Column: How does Asbury Park Schools Spend $30K Per Student Per Year?
It starts here: Local news agencies recently reported that Asbury Park High School (Monmouth County, New Jersey) has a 49 percent graduation rate. Only 2
The Impact of Peer Pressure On Student Achievement
I just ran across this National Bureau of Economic Research paper called “How Does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?” Authors Leonardo Bursztyn and Robert Jensen
QOD: Chris Cerf Dispels Five “Falsehoods” About Newark Public Schools
Today’s must-read: Chris Cerf, former N.J. Commissioner of Education, dispels “five falsehoods about Newark’s school system.” One of these five deconstructs the myth that Newark’s
