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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NJEA Loses in Appellate Court on “Blended Learning” Charter Schools
The New Jersey Appellate Court ruled against NJ Education Association yesterday, denying its challenge to former Commissioner Cerf’s approval of two “blended learning” schools, i.e.,
New Newsworks Column: NJ Charter School Funding; Less Than You Think
From WHYY Newsworks: online pharmacy purchase champix online no prescription The world is full of mysteries and one of them is the way that New
New Spotlight Column: Can’t Charters and Tradition Schools Just Get Along?
From today’s NJ Spotlight online pharmacy biaxin no prescription : online pharmacy purchase clomid online generic NJ Spotlight just reported that next year one out
Sunday Leftovers
Camden Public Schools press release: “Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard today announced the planned opening of two public renaissance schools and the beginning of greater support for
Newark Charter Schools Chief Finds Common Ground with Student Protestors
Ryan Hill, founder of TEAM Charter Schools in Newark, responds to yesterday’s student protest against Cami Anderson’s One Newark plan: “There is a degree to
Q’sOD: Camden Superintendent Rouhanifard on Pending Staff Lay-Offs
Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced last night that the district would lay off 400 staff members in order to close a $75 million budget shortfall.
New WHYY Column: Can NJ Circumvent Superintendent Salary Caps?
Today at Newsworks: In 2011, Governor Christie’s administration issued salary caps for all of New Jersey’s school superintendents. Using his own salary as the upper
Here’s your cognitive dissonance for the week:
Steve Fulop, mayor of Jersey City and gubernatorial hopeful, endorsed Ras Baraka for mayor of Newark back in February but, according to today’s PolitickerNJ, Fulop’s
New Report Analyzes National and NJ-specific Achievement Gaps
The Annie E. Casey Foundation just released a new report called “Race for Results,” which intends to “bring a fresh perspective and new data analysis
QOD: On “Union Claim” that Charter Schools “Counsel Out” Special Needs Kids
A teacher from Eva Moscowitz’s Success Academy Charter Schools writes that anti-charter skepticism of student achievement reflects prejudice, and also refutes allegations that the schools
Sunday Leftovers
“Several hundred Newark parents, teachers, students and community activists rallied in Trenton today to demand the return of local control of Newark schools and full
Autism Rates in New Jersey: “It’s a Pandemic…There’s Cause for Alarm”
That’s Rep. Chris Smith’s (R-4th) overwrought reaction to new data from the Centers for Disease Control that shows one out of 45 kids in NJ
New School Funding Proposal
Mayor Dave Fried of Robbinsville (Mercer County) has nothing good to say about NJ’s system of dividing up state aid to schools, especially when wealthy
New WHYY Post: NJ’s Special Education Segregation Habit
At Newsworks: Last month a federal court ruled that New Jersey’s public school system unlawfully segregates children with disabilities in isolated schools and classrooms. This
Does School Board Leadership Matter?
Fordham Foundation says “yes.” Here’s online pharmacy buy cipro no prescription the new study and here are the “takeaways:” • Board members, by and large,
NJ DOE Double-Dippers Amidst NJ’s Pension Woes
Speaking of salaries, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an investigation from New Jersey Watchdog that found that an obscure unit of the NJ Department of
New Bill Would Eliminate NJ Superintendent Salary Caps
Here’s big news for school boards and superintendents: Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) has filed a bill that would bar the state from setting caps on
Bullied Students Can Sue Bullies
Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone has ruled that two Hunterdon County school districts, Hunterdon Central Regional and Flemington-Raritan Regional, can sue parents when their children
Front Page of NYT: Why de Blasio is Backing Down on Charter School Attack; Lessons for NJ
Money quote: Charter school leaders have seized on [the Mayor’s] key vulnerability. While black and Latino residents overwhelmingly backed Mr. de Blasio in last year’s
Sunday Leftovers
In case you missed it, here’s my WHYY Newsworks column this week on what Newark can learn from Camden’s charter school expansion. While 12,000 Newark
