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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The Virtue of LIFO: It’s Arbitrary
Social science writer Eric Horowitz has been reading Richard Kahlenberg’s biography of Albert Shanker (“Tough Liberal“) and comments on Shanker’s view of the primary benefit
Sunday Leftovers
Don’t miss Jessica Calefeti’s expose in this morning’s Star-Ledger on Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School in Newark, which “reveals a faltering institution that provides bare-bones
Why Don’t Camden Kids Have Textbooks?
Here’s a letter from a Camden Public Schools student, Kashamire Roy: One of the problems is not having enough supplies. Sometimes we don’t have enough
NJ School Voucher Update
The Star-Ledger online pharmacy stromectol for sale no prescription has an update on the prospects for a teeny-weeny item that Gov. Christie slipped into his
Camden Public Schools Will Lay off 100 Educators: Move Towards Efficiency or a Sell-Out?
Last night the Camden Board of Education voted to not challenge NJ’s takeover of its district, (see coverage from NJ Spotlight and Philadelphia Inquirer). By
10 Teachers Sue NEA over Mandatory Dues
From today’s Washington Examiner: online pharmacy desyrel for sale no prescription pharmacy Ten California schoolteachers on Tuesday sued the National Education Association and California Teachers
QOD: Public Schools in Wealthy Areas are De Facto Gated Communities
Matthew Yglesias, online pharmacy buy prednisone online no prescription pharmacy in an New Jersey-apt analysis of one of the ways that traditional public schools “weed
Sunday Leftovers
Here’s a new trend on the anti-bullying front: according to the Star-Ledger, there’s “a new type of legal phenomenon winding through New Jersey’s courts —
QOD: NJ’s Expensive Superintendent Salary Caps
Lisa Wolff, President of the Hopewell Valley Regional School Board (Mercer County) explains how NJ’s “misguided” superintendent salary caps, intended to reduce school costs, actually
Newark’s Superintendent Cami Anderson “Responds” to her Board’s No-Confidence Vote
Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has an editorial in today’s Star-Ledger that provides a response to this week’s “no-confidence vote” from the district’s Advisory School Board.
Newark’s Vote of No-Confidence and Public Reaction
Last night the Newark Advisory Board cast a no-confidence vote for Superintendent Cami Anderson by a margin of 9-0. online pharmacy purchase ventolin online with
Um, About Those Two New Camden School Board Members…
According to today’s Courier Post and Philadelphia Inquirer, one of Camden Mayor Dana Redd’s two new appointees to the city’s School Board is ineligible to
Trenton Special Ed Update: “Everything Must Change”
From today’s Trenton Times: Two weeks after a teacher’s aide complained that the school district’s Life Skills program did little more than baby-sit special-education students
Sunday Leftovers
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QOD: What Education Reform Looks Like
In “What Education Reform Looks Like online pharmacy buy avodart without prescription with best prices today in the USA ,” Joel Klein salutes the out-going
Leonie Haimson and Michelle Rhee
Mike Petrelli at Fordham’s Flypaper blog defends Leonie Haimson’s and Michelle Rhee’s decisions to send their kids to private schools in, respectively, New York City
GOP Revolt Against the Common Core Hailed by Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Phyllis Schlafly, and Diane Ravitch
It’s not enough, apparently, for Republicans (and a few Democrats) to thwart reasonable gun control and immigration reform in order to keep conservative voters and
Florida Teachers’ Union Sues State on Data-Based Teacher Evaluations
Motoko Rich in the New York Times describes the federal lawsuit, initiated by seven Florida teachers with support from local NEA affiliates, which contends that
Inequities in Charter School Funding
EdWeek buy zyprexa online buy zyprexa online no prescription reports today that, according to a a new study, charter schools in Newark receive $15,973 per
Two New Camden Board of Education Members
Camden Mayor Dana Redd, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, has “shaken up the Camden Board of Education” by appointing two new members, Dorothy Burley and
