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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Christie and the NJEA: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Just when the Governor and the leadership of NJEA appeared to be mending some fences over issues like tenure reform and the Urban Hope Act,
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Ed. Commissioner Chris Cerf on a bill that would subject all proposed charter schools to a public vote: Cerf reiterated his longstanding opposition to allowing
Differing Views on November Elections
Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald gloats about the success of the legislation he sponsored that allows school boards to bypass budget votes and move elections
$418K in School Board Background Checks
After all the hoopla, only 17 NJ school board members are disqualified from service based on background checks, according to today’s Star-Ledger. Last July the
The “Hypocrisy” of Public Votes on Same-Sex Marriage and Charter Schools
Newsflash: Bob Braun, the columnist for the Star-Ledger, a staunch opponent of school choice, agrees with me. He just published a piece that castigates Gov.
221 NJ School Boards Move Elections to November,
and there’s still a week and a half to go til the deadline resolution on Feb. 17th. This latest tally is courtesy of New Jersey
ESEA Waiver Predictions
This week the U.S. DOE will announce the recipients of waivers from No Child Left Behind/ESEA. If you recall, NJ is one of 11 states
Cami Anderson, Newark Superintendent, on LIFO
(“LIFO” means “last in, first out,” i.e., when public school districts reduce staff due to declining enrollment they must lay off the teachers with the
Sunday Leftovers
Don’t miss the New Yorker profile of Tyler Clementi, his Rutgers’ peers, and the sequence of events that led to suicide (and NJ’s Harassment, Intimidation,
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Today’s NJ Spotlight on NJ’s achievement gap between “low income kids and everyone else”: online pharmacy revia no prescription In elementary school language arts, for
Irony Alert in Bridgewater-Raritan
As of this writing, 142 NJ school boards have passed resolutions to move their member elections from April to November because of a very delicious
First Look at NJ’s 2011 School Report Cards
NJ’s School Report Cards, the state data base for student achievement based on standardized tests, is still under embargo. But here’s a few data points.
Criticisms Re: NJ’s Anti-Bullying Legislation
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129 NJ School Boards Move to November Elections
That’s the latest tally from New Jersey School Boards Association, about 25% of all school boards. The deadline for passing a resolution is Feb. 17th,
Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying Law Update
online pharmacy avodart for sale no prescription On Friday NJ’s Council on Local Mandates ruled that our new Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying legislation is, at
Speaking of New Jersey civil rights history,
the Press of Atlantic City examines the segregation of poor minority students into Abbott districts and finds that “[w]hile racial segregation was banned more than
“Direct Democracy Could Sometimes Crush the Interests of a Minority in Society”
What’s wrong with a public referendum for a charter school? It’s “democratic,” right? Why not subject each aspiring charter to a public vote, as proposed
Is SOS-NJ Consulting for Gov, Christie:?
When I wrote in my Spotlight editorial on Friday that the existence of charter schools provokes a disproportional response from charter detractors, I was right.
Sunday Leftovers
Allamuchy Township Public Schools filed a complaint with the state Council on Local Mandates regarding the new Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying legislation, arguing that it’s
