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 school districts greeted the news of additional state aid with varying amounts of resentment (not enough) and celebration (Paterson, for example, will see about
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I would ask Speaker Oliver and the rest of Trenton’s legislators to remember that in just a few weeks, thousands of New Jersey children will
Home Rule Run Amok
The Record’s Charles Stile profiles Senator Gerald Cardinale, Republican from Demerest, whose remarks on the Senator floor this week constituted “a racially tinged attack” which
Hope for Ed Reform Bills?
Senator President Steve Sweeney is still telling Gov. Christie to talk to the hand as he attempts to assuage Democrats who are furious over his
“Dramatic Reorganization” of the NJ Department of Education
Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf held a press briefing this afternoon. He announced: buy topamax online topamax no prescription A “dramatic reorganization” of the Department
How Education Reform is Like Gay Marriage
There’s been much discussion, in the wake of New York State’s passage of a gay marriage bill, of the shifting views of Americans on this
NJ School Districts Get More State Aid
School districts received details yesterday on increases in state aid for the 2011-2012 school year. Star-Ledger online pharmacy purchase lexapro no prescription with best prices
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Border Patrol at Montclair High School
How far is it from Newark to Montclair? According to Mapquest it’s a mere 10.72 miles, but that’s where the camaraderie ends. Friday’s Montclair Times
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Where to begin? No lazy July in Jersey for followers of NJ’s attempts to reform public education. Take the feud between Senate President Sweeney and
Paging Charter School Fact-Checker, Please
In today’s Star-Ledger Bob Braun allows himself to be led by the nose as he swoons under the thrall of the anti-voucher and anti-charter school
More Money for Non-Abbotts, At Least for 2012
New Jersey School Boards Association reports that the additional $150 million in the State Budget for education that wasn’t vetoed by Gov. Christie will be
NEA Takes a Step Forward; Will NJEA?
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NJ Channels NH in Charter School Laws
There’s two good pieces on charter schools in the papers today: John Mooney in NJ Spotlight looks at the tiny charter school office at the
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Catching up to the reality already faced by many of its members, the nation’s largest teachers’ union on Monday affirmed for the first time that
NJ’s Voucher Bill on “Life Support”
Today’s Star-Ledger online pharmacy buy prednisone online with best prices today in the USA has the political backstory on the fragile state of the Opportunity
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Reverend Reginald Jackson, head of the Black Ministers Council, bemoans the postponement of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, the voucher bill: I understand that most of
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David Brooks in today’s New York Times considers the views of educational historian Diane Ravitch, once one of “the leading intellects behind the education reform
The “Opportunity Gap”
ProPublica, which describes itself as “journalism in the public interest,” has a study out on America’s “opportunity gap.” Using data from the U.S. Department of
