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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From today’s New York Times on the “whittling down” of No Child Left Behind through waivers granted to (at last count) 26 states: While No
WHYY Post: Statehouse Democrats Want to Cut All Funding for NJ’s Regional Achievement Centers
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at a a potential casualty of the Legislature’s budget debate: NJ’s Regional Achievement Centers, a centerpiece of the
Newark Advisory Board Votes for Adults, Not Children
Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has overruled the district Advisory Board and now some of the city’s most successful charter schools will be able to lease
NJ’s Sort-of-Funded Anti-Bullying Mandate
Back in January, the Council on Unfunded Mandates ruled that NJ’s highly-touted Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying legislation – which compelled all districts to implement multi-leveled
Teaching Poor Kids: Is the Obstacle the Poverty or the Pedagogy?
One dispute over tying teacher evaluations to data on student growth has been the charge that teachers who are effective with wealthy students would see
Sunday Leftovers
The Record Editorial Board discusses NJ’s “remarkable compromise in forging an overhaul of tenure laws to make it easier for public schools to oust ineffective
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NJ Spotlight buy furosemide online furosemide online generic reports this morning that the Opportunity Scholarship Act “is likely dead for the rest of the year.”
Four Challenges that Face NJ’s Implementation of Tenure Reform
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks: New Jersey’s tenure reform bill is now approved by the State Legislature and should be graced by Gov. Christie’s
Will Christie Sign the Tenure Reform Bill?
NJ Spotlight, the Star-Ledger, and PolitickerNJ are all reporting that Gov. Christie is injecting a bit of political theater into the presumed signing of the
Moran’s Theory: Ruiz and the Triumph of Estrogen
Tom Moran has a theory (see today’s Star-Ledger) regarding Sen. Teresa Ruiz’s ability to conduct an open, inclusive process in order to achieve consensus on
NJSBA: LIFO is Next
The New Jersey School Boards Association candidly addresses online pharmacy buy seroquel no insurance with best prices today in the USA some weaknesses of the
Playing “Who’s Your Daddy” Over Tenure Reform
In a press release issued yesterday after the NJ Assembly unanimously approved Sen. Ruiz’s tenure reform bill, NJEA gloats, NJEA President Barbara Keshishian applauded the
Jersey City Parents Allege Intimidation by Mayor
The Jersey City Parents for Progress group has an email circulating (sorry, no link) that alleges that Mayor Jeremiah Healy is trying to intimidate a
Sunday Leftovers
Tenure Reform Update: Even with all the compromises — retaining seniority-based payoffs, lack of specificity regarding the link of student growth to teacher evaluations —
NJ Tenure Reform Update
No doubt this is old news to many of you, but yesterday, in a vote of 40-0, the Senate approved Sen. Teresa Ruiz’s tenure reform
Hyperbole of the Day
The tenure bill (S-1455) sponsored by Democratic State Senator Theresa Ruiz (D-Essex) is the latest attack on teachers demonstrating New Jersey legislators’ bipartisan support of
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“The Garden State stands out as a beacon of educational equity among our neighboring states,” said David Sciarra, ELC Executive Director and co-author of the
“Taking an Incremental Approach to Education Reform”
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ELC’s Paul Trachtenberg Nails It
Paul Tractenberg, founder of the Education Law Center and law professor at Rutgers, contributes to a New York Times “dialogue” online pharmacy buy wellbutrin online
Clarifying Sen. Ruiz’s Tenure Reform Bill
My post this morning at WHYY’s Newsworks buy pepcid online pepcid no prescription clarifies three points within the current version of Senator Teresa Ruiz’s tenure
