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: School Funding and Inequality
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Sunday Leftovers
The average teacher raises for 2013-2014 are 2.25%, reports New Jersey School Boards Association. While various factors affect settlement rates, like givebacks on either side
How Does Buono’s Education Plan Stack Up?
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks examines Sen. Barbara Buono’s just-released education plan for New Jersey: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono released her education plan
QOD: Stewart on The “left-leaning opponents of school choice” who exercise school choice
Chris Stewart, in “School Choice and the Unlovely Threat to White Progressive Credibility,” describes himself as a former school board member in Minneapolis, a current
NJEA is Top Lobbyist in New Jersey
From the Asbury Park Press: New Jersey’s largest teacher’s union spent $37 million from 1999 through 2012 on lobbying and campaign expenditures. That sum put
Follow-Up: Is it a Public Good to Send Your Kids to Lousy Public Schools?
Yesterday I wondered if Allison Benedikt’s article, “If You Send Your Child to Private School You are a Bad Person,” was intended as some sort
Is Camden’s New Superintendent too Young and Inexperienced?
That’s the views of luminaries such as Diane Ravitch and Bob Braun. In my column today at WHYY’s Newsworks I consider the question. online pharmacy
Delay for Aspiring Interdistrict Public School Choice Families and Schools
There’s a problem in paradise. Okay, maybe not, but there’s at least an inconvenient delay at the NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows
QOD: as “biggest revamps of public education in a decade work their way into classrooms”
From the Wall Street Journal: “This is the huge fulcrum moment for many of the reforms,” said Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at
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Is Allison Benedikt’s new piece in Slate, “If You Send Your Child to Private School You are a Bad Person,” intended as a tongue-in-cheek send-up
190 Newark Teachers Receive Merit Bonuses
Lisa Fleisher in the Wall Street Journal: Newark, in a first for a large New Jersey public-school system, has given out bonuses of up to
Sunday Leftovers
In case you missed it, here’s my WHYY post this week on the reignited fireworks between Christie and NJEA. NJ School Boards Association is thrilled
Chris Christie and NJ’s Teacher Union Re-Engage; Why?
My new post today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at the reemergence this past week of enmity between Chris Christie and NJEA, NJ’s primary teacher union.
New Camden Superintendent: Paymon Rouhanifard
At a press conference today Gov. Christie announced his pick for the new superintendent of Camden Public Schools, Paymon Rouhanifard. After the State Board of
Philly Public Schools Eliminates LIFO
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NJEA and The Eagle Forum? (New $1 Million Anti-Christie Ad Buy)
From today’s NJEA press release, announcing the beginning of a $1 million anti-Christie TV ad campaign that will start running in Philadelphia and New York
NJ Voters “Heart Education Reform”
New Jersey’s branch of Democrats for Education Reform has released results of a poll that shows that “[e]ight out of ten New Jersey Democrats say
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Friday Leftovers
I’m taking a week off, so here’s a few items for you: In today’s New York Times, Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the NY State
