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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Brandeis: “Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant”
I’m taking a bit of heat in the comments section for my post yesterday (see below) regarding an essential difference among NJ’s Interdistrict Public School
The Role of Unions In NJ’s Charter School Wars
In the midst of New Jersey’s preoccupation with charter schools last week (as well as my own: see here and here), one important aspect has
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When is a bill not just a bill? When it’s A 3582, which directs that the NJ Education Commissioner “shall not approve an application for
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Amidst all the will-he-or-won’t-he Christie fog on the Jersey windshield, it’s been easy to miss this week’s stream of articles and editorials on charter schools.
Board Member Criminal Background Checks
The Star-Ledger reports on a Plainfield school board member, Rasheed Abdul-Haqq, who has a conviction on his record dating back to 1968 for possession of
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Fran Tarkenton, former NFL quarterback, evokes an “alternative reality” where a football player’s salary is based on how many years he’s played and “the only
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Patrick McGuinn of Drew University speculates on the impact of a Christie presidential campaign on NJ’s application for a waiver from the strictures of No
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The big educational story in New Jersey today is the suit filed in State Appeals Court on behalf of the so-called “Bacon” districts, the rural
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Pension/Benefits Reform a Hit with New Jerseyans
A new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll shows that Gov. Christie’s blustery overhaul of public employee pension and health benefits contributions (which includes NJ’s public school
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One tiny piece of charter legislation passed the Senate yesterday: Bill S1858, which allows parochial schools to convert to public charters, with the condition that
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From NJ BIZ which asks, “how should education be reformed in New Jersey?” Cast your own vote (though no vote-tweeting allowed). Most recent faves: Allow
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The Trenton Times ran a two-part series this week (one, two) that describes some of the failings of local charter schools. For counterpoint, see this
Duncan and Cerf: NCLB Waivers
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My position regarding the teachers’ union has been the same from the time I got into the race until today. And that is when they
The Cost of Tiny School Districts
Great piece from the Press of Atlantic City on South Jersey’s multiple itsy-bitsy school districts: Avalon budgeted nearly $40,000 to educate each of its 75
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