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 Future of No Child Left Behind and New Jersey’s Prospects
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What’s the Impact of Drop-Out Rates on High School Proficiency Scores?
Today’s Trenton Times reports on a recent Trenton School Board meeting at which board members puzzled over seemingly conflicting test scores: high school students performed
TFA Launches Veterans Initiative
Teach for America has launched an initiative called “You Served for American, Now Teach for America,” intended to offer war veterans an opportunity to “put
Quote of the Day
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger notes the Newark Teachers Union’s pending vote on a new contract that incorporates merit pay in the context of NJ’s
Sunday Leftovers
For the first time, school boards in New Jersey tried out November elections. From the Star-Ledger: Nearly 500 school districts across the state held elections
Teacher Absenteeism a “Leading Indicator of Student Achievement”
On any given school day, up to 40 percent of teachers in New Jersey’s Camden City Public Schools are absent from their classrooms. Such a
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Three Reasons Why NJEA’s Annual Convention is Obsolete
Here’s today’s WHYY Newsworks post: Ask any New Jersey parent: it’s been a long week and a half with most school districts shuttered by Hurricane
Can the Camden School Board Find its Inner Education Advocate?
Board President Kathryn Blackshear said Monday she hopes a vote on the Norcross proposal will take place, though she said that remains hard to predict
NJ School/Sandy Update
Not much education news to report on this Election Day. As New Jersey slowly rebuilds after Hurricane Sandy – 612,000 households are still without electricity
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Today’s Huffington Post online pharmacy buy inderal no prescription examines a new trend in the last 72 hours of the presidential contest: Gov. Romney is
Sunday Leftovers: Special Sandy Edition
NJ School Boards Association President John Bulina alerted NJ board members that some of our schools “are situated in communities devastated by tidal surges, floods
NJEA Cancels Next Week’s Convention; Here’s Why It Should Cancel it Next Year Too
Note: Just as I was about to tweet this post, NJEA announced that is was cancelling next week’s convention and exploring ways for members to
How Strong is NJEA?
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Sunday Leftovers
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board urges Newark’s teachers to approve the new merit pay contract tomorrow (which appears to be an increasingly unlikely scenario, and not
Appellate Court Issues Decision Re: Superintendent Salary Caps
Does NJ Education Commissioner Cerf have the right to impose salary caps on school superintendent salaries? Yup, says the Court: The questions presented are whether:
After a few days in Atlantic City,
It’s a relief to know that public education isn’t the only system resistant to change. From Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire: “The glacial pace of presidential
NJ School Boards: All About Teacher Evaluation Implementation
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks covers the overriding theme at this week’s NJ School Boards Association Annual Convention: implementing NJ’s new teacher tenure and
Quote of the Day
From the Star-Ledger’s coverage of the “barrage of criticism” from Newark’s teachers in response to the district’s offer and Union President’s Joseph Del Grosso’ endorsement
Live From Atlantic City
I’m in Atlantic City at New Jersey School Board Association’s annual Workshop and Convention. Many of the sessions this year focus on the looming implementation
