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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How’s NJ’s New Tenure Law Working Out?
How’re we doing after almost one year of NJ’s new tenure law, which shortens the process of arbitrating disputes between school districts and teachers? NJ
Will a Vote for Buono Protect Collective Bargaining and Charter School Expansion?
Bob Braun, former Star-Ledger columnist and current unplugged blogger and cross-poster at Blue Jersey, explains why he’s voting for Barbara Buono today: I am voting
Sunday Leftovers
There’s a bit of a dust-up over campaign backing for a hotly-contested school board member race in Jersey City. Two slates are contending for votes.
NJEA PAC is “Leading Spender” in Elections
The Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) just issued a report on special interest group spending for the Christie/Buono contest and the heavyweight is NJEA. Here’s
NCTQ on New Jersey’s Teacher Evaluation System
The National Council on Teacher Quality has just released its 2013 report on states’ progress online pharmacy buy desyrel no prescription online pharmacy in improving
New Newsworks post: Both Christie and Buono Lack Realistic Education Funding Plans
From today’s WHYY Newsworks: buy desyrel online buy desyrel online no prescription The latest poll has Republican Gov. Chris Christie ahead of Democratic state Senator
NJ Special Education Update: Christie Will Get a Briefing
Two weeks ago the Star-Ledger printed an expose on NJ’s “$600 million industry” of private special education schools, which many districts rely on to educate
NJ’s Top Schools; Magnets and Charters
Central Jersey has a new list of NJ high schools with the best SAT scores. The top ten are all magnet schools, mostly STEM (science,
QOD: Camden survey says students feel neither safe nor educated
From a survey of Camden Public Schools’ community by the Bloustein Center for Survey Research at Rutgers University (courtesy of Philadelphia Inquirer) Large numbers of
State Caps Interdistrict School Choice Program; Christie, Cerf, and DOE on the Wrong Side
Here’s a blow for school choice supporters: the Courier Post reports today that the NJ Department of Education has capped enrollment for the state’s popular
Ed Reform Bill: Walton Foundation and NEA are BFF’s?
This morning NY Times columnist Frank Bruni suggests that we should pay attention to pending educational changes in Colorado, specifically the likely passage of an
Politifact’s Verdict on Diane Ravitch’s Claims: “Mostly False”
In a speech last week (Oct. 15th) at the University of Rhode Island, Diane Ravitch stated, as she often does, that student test scores on
Does anyone read the “Statements by Gubernatorial Candidates” on the back of sample ballots?
I confess that I usually don’t, but I did when the mailing arrived the other day. Each candidate is allotted 500 words, which are duly
Sunday Leftovers
Barbara Buono campaign funding update (from Star-Ledger): “Garden State Forward, a Super PAC funded by the state’s largest teachers union this week added an additional
QOD: Grant Wiggins Writes a Letter to Diane Ravitch
I have always admired you, Diane, as a scholar and clear-headed thinker, even when I disagreed with you. Now? I am saddened by your Manichean
What’s Up with NJ’s Private Special Education Schools?
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Live From Atlantic City…
it’s your sparsely-posting blogger. Sorry for that. Blame it on the annual New Jersey School Boards Workshop at the A.C. Convention Center. Things are winding
NJEA: “Largest Political Spender in Trenton”
This morning’s NJ Spotlight counts the cash raised and spent by New Jersey Education Association, especially its new PAC, Garden State Forward,which has already spent
Lakewood Update and “Correction”
A few weeks ago Lakewood Public Schools announced that it had a $4 million hole in its budget, primarily due to the costs of busing
Re: that “derailing” of NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
A few well-informed readers add that the NJ DOE repeatedly missed deadlines to inform aspiring choice schools of approvals and that the student application process
