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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No, Newark isn’t Replacing 300 Veteran Teachers with TFA Teachers
Fatimah Burnam Watkins, Executive Director of the NJ chapter of Teach For America, corrects the record and replies to the rumor that Newark Superintendent Cami
New WHYY Post: NJ School Funding, NJEA, and Christie’s Grim Pension Prognosis
On Tuesday a gloomy Chris Christie donned a hair shirt instead of a fleece jacket and proffered his 2015 fiscal-year budget sermon to Statehouse legislators.
NJEA President: Fire Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson
Newark Update: After a vote of “no confidence,” hostile meetings, and personal attacks (or at least a reference to her children online pharmacy order avodart
Cami Anderson’s Proposal to Use Teacher Quality as the Basis for Lay-offs of 1,000 Newark Teachers
As you all no doubt know by now, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has submitted a waiver to the NJ Department of Education to allow her
Private NJ Special Education School Faces Two Lawsuits
The Star Ledger reports today that a realty company has sued Somerset Hills School, a private school for boys with behavioral disabilities in Warren County.
QOD: Union Leadership Starting to Tilt Right
At the bottom of yesterday’s Sunday Leftovers is Andy Rotherham’s response to a post by Tim Daly of TNTP. Daly analyzes the recent about-face by
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NJ Spotlight looks at the “fine details” of the recent court ruling regarding NJ’s habit of placing way too many kids with disabilities in restrictive
QOD: Sen. Sweeney on Caps to NJ’s Interdistrict School Choice Program
New Jersey school districts that enroll non-resident students through the state’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program were caught off guard when Gov. Christie’s budget last
Amplify (Cerf’s New Gig) and the Common Core
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New WHYY column: Who Will Christie Choose to Replace Cerf?
Read it here online pharmacy purchase suhagra without prescription with best prices today in the USA : Last week New Jersey Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf
New Spotlight Column: Cerf’s Decision to Leave NJ Commish Slot for Private Enterprise
Hot off the press, today’s column at NJ Spotlight: Someone ought to give Chris Cerf a flak suit as he parachutes out of Gov. Chris
Sunday Leftovers
The Star Ledger Editorial Board praises Chris Cerf, NJ departing Commissioner of Education: “Cerf has been by far the most effective member of Christie’s cabinet,
Newark Mayoral Candidates Square off on Education Reform
PolitickerNJ has been all over the increasingly contentious Newark mayoral contest, which it describes as a “proxy for a potential gubernatorial race.” On Wednesday North
Sweeney Promises Further Education Reforms as He Eyes 2017 Gubernatorial Bid
Here’s my new WHYY Newsworks column: Fort Lee is no longer on gridlock alert, but suddenly New Jersey’s efforts towards education reform are stalled. Shall
The Star Ledger Nails the Legacy of Chris Cerf
Cerf has been by far the most effective member of Christie’s cabinet, and his departure is a blow. He understood that New Jersey really has
Deconstructing Chris Cerf’s New Gig at Amplify, nee Wireless Generation
As noted below, Chris Cerf, who just resigned as NJ Commissioner of Education, is going to work for Amplify Insight. Amplify Insight, run by former
Correction of the Day
Mike Drewniak, Gov. Christie’s chief spokesperson, has been largely unavailable to the press since the Bridgegate imbroglio. On Sunday the Star Ledger ran a piece
Chris Cerf is Leaving NJ Department of Education
NJ’s Education Commissioner Chris Cerf is leaving the DOE, reports The Record online pharmacy buy abilify online cheap pharmacy , for a new job as
QOD: “The Myth of Public Schools”
Matthew Yglesias considers East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana, a wealthy neighborhood that wants to secede from the local school district in order to avoid
