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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NJ’s Special Education Inequities
The Record has a two-part piece (here and here) on a new trend among NJ school districts: serving students with disabilities within the public system
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Scott Winship, in “Mobility Impaired” (National Review, of all places) looks at upward mobility in America and the “economic inefficiency that results when much of
The Difference a Year Makes
NJEA press release, Sept. 28th, 2010: As Gov. Christie sets out to pursue an education agenda that has significant implications for the future of New
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This just in: NJEA Spokesman Steve Wollmer says tomorrow NJEA will unveil some new proposals, including one that will allow a tenured teacher “to be
NJ Special Ed Funding Verdict: Broken
The NJ State DOE has just released a report commissioned by Denver-based Augenblick Palaich and Associates (APA), which seeks to answer the question, does the
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Amidst the general dysfunction that is your State Capitol, Trenton gets the prize for the most active effort to recall its picaresque mayor, Tony Mack.
NJ Politics: Ed Reform and the Fate of Speaker Oliver
Great Moran piece today on the splintering of NJ Democrats over issues of race, leadership, public unions, and, yes, education reform. At issue is whether
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The American Association of Educators, which defines itself as “America’s fastest growing national, nonprofit, nonunion teachers’ association with members in all 50 states,” has released
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Poor Michael Winerip, every ed reformer’s favorite punching bag. The long-time New York Times columnist plods the Gotham edu-beat like clockwork each Monday morning, juxtaposing
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The NJ DOE sizes up our new NAEP scores: buy norvasc online https://dylanmichaelcosmetics.com/wp-content/uploads/backup/2022/09/norvasc.html no prescription Under the Christie Administration, New Jersey continued to improve its
White Knight Rescues Afterschool Program
Talk about a political headache: New Jersey After 3, the afterschool program for poor kids, has been rescued from oblivion (via state aid cuts) by
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Charlie Barone buy orlistat online buy orlistat online no prescription of Democrats for Education Reform confronts two of “the fantastical creatures involved in the current
NJ Legislature To Consider Merit Pay for Teachers
The Courier Post reports that the NJ State Legislature may consider a merit pay bill for public school teachers, according to Senate President Steve Sweeney.
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One of the most difficult things you can do in life is changing a school system. It’s a bit like moving a cemetery. You don’t
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This week NJEA proposed that the acquisition of tenure be extended from three years to four years. Here’s coverage from Star-Ledger, The Record, and The
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“It comes as a complete surprise to me that we’re in litigation.” That’s Co-Vice President of the Parsippany- Troy Hills Public Schools Board of Education,
Under NJEA Proposal, Teachers Earn Tenure after 4 Years
Speaking of tenure, during a panel discussion moderated by NJ Spotlight’s John Mooney on teacher evaluations and tenure, NJEA Executive Director Vince Giordano announced that
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Raymond Wiss, President of NJSBA, on the need for tenure reform at this week’s Convention: We need to talk about student achievement, not job security.
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At a session on teacher evaluations and tenure reform at this week’s NJSBA Convention, audience members were polled on the following question: “How effective is
