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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More on Trenton’s Special Education “Warehouse of Hopelessness”
The Times of Trenton Editorial Board opines that Trenton Public Schools’ in-district special education classes are “more like a 19th century backwater than 2013 New
Quote of the Day
Andy Smarick, late of the NJ Department of Education and currently a partner at Bellwether Education Partners and senior policy fellow with the Thomas B.
Letter of the Day
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Trenton’s “Forgotten Bunch”: Special Education In-District Students
Yesterday’s Trenton Times featured an article on Trenton Public Schools’ Life Skills program, which, in addition to continuing required adapted academic instruction for mild to
Sunday Leftovers
At a town hall meeting at Raritan Community College, Gov. Christie dialed up the rhetoric against NJ’s teacher union leadership: As he runs for reelection,
Is Teacher Tenure Reform Possible without a Brawl?
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QOD: Mike Petrelli on NJ’s Takeover of Camden Public Schools
Petrelli, of the Hoover Institute and the Fordham Foundation, considers the limitations of the Christie Administration’s intercession: I can understand the impulse behind these state
“Troubling” Fraud in NY’s Special Education Preschools
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NJ DOE Releases New School Performance Reports
At long last the New Jersey Department of Education has released its “NJ School Performance Reports,” which replace the old School Report Cards. Details on
Trenton Mayor Deposes School Board President
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, winner of the Star-Ledger’s Knucklehead of the Year Award, is canning the president of the school board. From the Trenton Times:
Are NJ’s Superintendent Salary Caps a “Brain Drain?”
Gordon MacInnes, head of NJ Policy Perspective and former honcho at the NJ Department of Education, is in a pet. In a column at Huffington
NJ’s Public School Choice Program: an Athletic Wrinkle
There’s a fair amount of cyber-grumbling about an unintended consequence of NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Apparently, some schools, which have signed up for
NJ State: Princeton High School Falsified Student Transcripts
The Trenton Times online pharmacy buy nolvadex no prescription is reporting that Princeton High School, one of NJ’s highest-performing high schools, “allowed a ‘significant’ number
QOD: NJ’s Takeover of Camden
online pharmacy buy minocin no prescription pharmacy Great piece by Carl Golden on the Christie Administration’s takeover of Camden City Public Schools. Golden acknowledges the
Letter of the Day: How to Get Past the “Widget Effect”
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Sunday Leftovers
Today’s Press of Atlantic City reports that Atlantic Human Resources, a non-profit which runs 20 Head Start publicly-funded preschools in South Jersey, is “relinquishing control
Quote of the Day
Jon Chait explains that reacting to the Atlanta test cheating scandal by blaming teacher incentives based on high-stakes tests is “perverse” and illogical: Incentivizing any
Public, Schmublic: Camden’s State Takeover and NJ’s Abbott Preschool Program
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks online pharmacy order prevacid no prescription with best prices today in the USA looks at the state takeover of
How Important is Preschool? Economist Says Kindergarten is Too Late
Today’s business section of the New York Times features an article about top US economist James Heckman, who has a Nobel Prize on his resume.
Camden School Choice Advocates and Detractors
At last night’s NJ Spotlight Roundtable entitled “Camden Schools and the Future of Urban Education in New Jersey, Camden School Board Member Sean Brown (a
