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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Each year the [U.S. Census] Bureau publishes a comprehensive report on public school revenues and expenditures. Coupled with education staffing statistics from the U.S. Department
Statehouse Update
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver appears ready to move forward with legislation to reform health and pension benefits for public employees. Earlier in the week she
Abbott Rumor of the Day
During Judge Anne Patterson’s confirmation hearing yesterday, according to NJ Spotlight, Senator Nia Gill mentioned that “there was talk that the Christie administration may bring
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Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman in today’s Trenton Times: “I find it deeply paradoxical that the United States has, without question, the finest colleges
NJ’s School Funding Enigma
The Associated Press has obtained an email memo written by Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. to NJ’s Republican legislators. In the memo Sen. Kean
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From today’s Education Week piece, “NJ Funding Decision Leaves Few Satisfied:” A sharply divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the state must provide more
Tweety-Bird
Over the long Memorial Day weekend, reports The Quick and the Ed, a tweet from twitter-fan Diane Ravitch went viral and misconstrued a 2007 paper
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The system for funding and operating our public schools is hopelessly wasteful: a fractured, Byzantine system that allows good money to be wasted on redundant
Sunday Leftovers
This morning’s Courier-Post looks at the squabbling in the Statehouse over how to manage the additional $500 million in school aid to our Abbott districts
80% of Success is Showing Up
A 2010 dissertation by Rutgers researchers Jeffrey Backstrand, Andre Keeton and Alan Sadovnik looked at 9,725 Newark public school students during 2003-2008 and found that
“I’m Not Dead Yet”
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Abbott as Lazurus
“The suburbs are the big losers in this. It’s the worst of all worlds. We have no formula and the only addition funds they’ve ordered
Diegnan Can’t Have it Both Ways: Charter Schools and RTTT
Here’s an irony for this balmy Thursday. In today’s NJ Spotlight Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan derides the Christie Administration’s failed bid for federal Race To The
The Latest Abbott Case: Something to Offend Everyone
Earl Kim, Superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools (who testified for the plaintiffs and the State during the Doyne hearing): It is one of those decisions
Supreme Court Releases School Funding Ruling
The NJ Supreme Court released its ruling today regarding whether the State violated the constitutional rights of children residing in our 31 poorest school districts
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Why would we want a school system where essentially everyone over the age of thirty is a lifer, locked into a single district? It’s bad
Sunday Leftovers
The Christie Administration has released its “Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending,” a district-specific acount of per pupil spending. According to the Guide, NJ is spending
Charter School Leftovers
On Monday the Assembly Education Committee will consider a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan that would require new charter schools to campaign for voter
Charter School Envy, Part II
Education Law Center, which has put out a 10-part proposal for revising NJ’s charter school law, also supports voter approval for new charters, just like
Charter School Envy, Part I
Just months ago the charter school movement in New Jersey had the wind at its sails. With a record number of DOE approvals (23!) this
