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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Lame Duck Alert: Moving School Board Elections to November
The Daily Record is reporting a sudden upswing in interest among legislators regarding two bills that have existed in Statehouse Purgatory for several years, either
Plumbing Diane Ravitch’s Heart
Check out Kevin Carey’s article today in The New Republic, “The Dissenter,” which analyzes Diane Ravitch’s switch from fierce advocate for standards-based education reform to
Do NJ’s Legislators Have the Will to Confront Teacher Tenure’s Obsolescence?
As we enter the lame duck session of NJ’s Legislature, the word on the street is that tenure reform may play a starring role. Senator
Why We Need Tenure Reform
Janine Walker Caffrey, Superintendent in Perth Amboy, explains online pharmacy buy lexapro no prescription with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy periactin for
Trenton Update
From today’s Trenton Times: buy mobic online buy mobic online no prescription buy aciphex online aciphex no prescription [Mayor Tony] Mack’s plan [for capital projects
How Much Do We Spend Per Pupil?
The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, a libertarian organization that opposes current levels of government spending, has just put out a new report called
Asininity of the Day
Newt Gingrich solves public school funding problems during his Harvard address on Friday: “Most of these [low-income] schools ought to get rid of the unionized
Quote of the Day
Last week, at its annual meeting, the New Jersey Education Association announced its broad education reform agenda. But because of the acrimonious relationship between Governor
Sunday Leftovers
Politifact grades Gov. Christie “mostly false” on his claim that only 23% of Newark’s 9th graders graduate in four years from high school and that
Question of the Day re: NJEA
Jim Hooker in today’s PolitickerNJ analyzes the waning power of NJ’s big teacher union, NJEA. Back this past summer, NJEA President Barbara Keshishian led “thousands
NJ DOE Releases Charter School Reviewers Names
This past March the ACLU-NJ filed a lawsuit against the NJ DOE to get the list of volunteers who reviewed the last round of charter
Sitting in the Back of the Bus in Lakewood
Speaking of Lakewood Public Schools, the Asbury Park Press buy atarax online buy atarax online no prescription reports today on an uproar regarding transportation for
NJ DOE’s Education Reform Agenda
New Jersey’s application to the Feds for a waiver from the strictures of No Child Left Behind includes a wishlist of legislative bills that would
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Quotes of the Day (speaking of local control)
Mike Petrelli at Fordham’s Flypaper posted yesterday on the unwillingness of teacher unions to make concessions on salaries and benefits during the current economic ennui.
Teacher Unions and the Tea Party
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NJEA Wiggles Right
Dr. Diane Ravitch, indefatigable tweeter, education historian, and preeminent apologist for teacher unions, was in Atlantic City for the NJEA convention on Friday. Tom Moran,
Sunday Leftovers
NJEA, the NJ teachers’ union, held its annual convention on Thursday and Friday in Atlantic City. Here’s coverage, mainly of Acting Ed. Comm. Cerf’s speech
Quotes of the Day: Post Election Edition
PolitickerNJ: [Gov. Christie] said the lame duck session will be mostly for education reform, including the Opportunity Scholarship Act voucher program. He attacked the midway
Post-Election Highlights
After all the hoopla, New Jersey Democrats picked up one seat in the Assembly and, depending on your druthers, Chris Christie was a loser or
