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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“Useless” Teacher Evaluations
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Sunday Leftovers
Don’t miss Derrell Bradford’s editorial in today’s Courier-Post on the tripod of school reform: teacher evaluations, tenure, and performance pay.Here’s an update from Asbury Park
Rice’s Discourtesy
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Would Any School Boards Move Elections to November?
Assembly Bill 4394, which gives school boards, voters, and municipalities the right to move school board elections and budget votes to November, passed successfully through
ALJ Removes Revokes Tenure for a Teacher
A NJ State Administrative Law Judge has recommended tenure removal for a business teacher employed by the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. According to the
NJ’s Closing the Achievement Gap Task Force
The NJ Board of Education’s Closing the Achievement Gap Task Force has started meeting and will soon hold public hearings. The Task Force comprises 10
November School Board Elections
The Assembly Appropriations Committee meets today to consider bill A 4394, sponsored by Lou Greenwald, that would give school boards the option to move elections
Quote of the Day
Excerpt from a (smart and proactive) email sent yesterday to all Minneapolis public school teachers, from Lynn Nordgren, President of the Minnapolis Federation of Teachers
Navigational Challenges for NJEA’s Leadership
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Will the Lame Duck Quack? (Sweeney Interview)
We’re well into the lame duck session of the NJ State Legislature and, while there’s still hope for passage of education reform bills, the clock
Sunday Leftovers
Don’t miss Tom Moran’s editorial today on teacher tenure, which the Perth Amboy Superintendent describes as “the single greatest impediment to education improvement in New
NJ’s Tenure Removal Flow Chart
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NJEA’s President Guilty of “Deliberate Misuse of the Data”
Over the last several months it’s been a pleasure to witness the easing of ill will between the leadership of NJ’s primary teachers’ union, NJEA,
Greenwald Posts Bill to Move School Board Elections
Ray Pinney over at New Jersey School Boards Association alerts us to a new bill posted earlier this week by Assemblyman Lou Greenwald. The bill,
NEA Finances
RiShawn Biddle at Dropout Nation has posted a copy of the National Education Association’s 2010-2011 LM-2 filing. You can peruse all 397 pages at your
NJ’s “Socially Inequitable” School Choice
The highly-regarded Brookings Institute has a new study out today which grades 13 cities on the “critical role of school choice.” NJ’s cities aren’t on
New CEO for E3
Excellent Education for Everyone (E3), which has been devoting itself to the passage of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, has just announced that it has a
Sweeney on Teacher Tenure
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Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) has announced his retirement, in large part because of the inability of Congress to do, well, anything. In an interview with
Has Teacher Quality Declined?
As New Jerseyans await the State Legislature’s promised debate on reforming teacher tenure, there’s two pieces today that address the impact of lifelong job security
