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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Sunday Leftovers
Newark Update: The Newark Advisory School Board mysteriously voted against the opening of six new high schools, but the schools will open anyway. Some already
Plea for Help for Trenton Central High
It’s painfully obvious that Trenton Central High School is in need of immediate help. A weakening roof and broken pipes routinely spill water throughout the
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Great Public Servants or Political Thugs?
Here we go again. Gov. Christie tells Diane Sawyer that NJ’s teachers are “wonderful public servants who care deeply.” However, he remarks, NJEA executives are
SDA Saga Continues
As if there wasn’t enough bad news regarding the School Development Authority’s profligacy and inefficiency, NJ Spotlight reports today that it requested a list of
“The Widget Effect” Hits the Big Time
The New York Times hosts “Schott’s Vocab,” where Ben Schott canonizes “unconsidered lexicographical trifles” for shedding light on our times. His latest entry for a
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Drinking the Water at Trenton Central High
Here’s a Trenton blogger on facility conditions at Trenton Central High: The school officials and students said that the roof leaks, half the bathrooms are
Sunday Leftovers
There’ll Always Be A Newark: the Star-Ledger sits in on a rowdy school board candidate debate as 11 hopefuls vie for 4 slots. (Update here.)
New Partnership for Students as Dueling Factions Join Hands
NJEA President Barbara Keshishian appeared at a Statehouse briefing early this morning and announced the formation of a new coalition to promote academic achievement in
Breaking News: Obama Backs Vouchers
From news reports: online pharmacy neurontin no prescription with best prices today in the USA The Obama Administration has announced a national competition, much like
Eduwonk’s Andy Rotherham Sees the Light on LIFO
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about last in/first out policies for layoffs. And you know, when you really stop to think about it and
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Joseph DePierro, dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Seton Hall University, worries about the expansion of charter schools in NJ (today’s
Yale SOM Conference Dilemma
I spent Thursday night and Friday at the Yale School of Management Ed Reform conference, “From Policy to Practice,” although the emphasis seemed less on
Inadequacies of Adequacy Formulas
Check out today’s NJ Spotlight for an examination of the basis for Judge Peter Doyne’s ruling in the ongoing saga of NJ’s school funding: NJ’s
Trenton Breaks, New Brunswick Takes
As the NJ Schools Development Authority reels from damning coverage of its profligacy in spending $5.7 billion to build 61 schools (see here for example
How Do We Raise the Status of Teachers?
New York Times “Room for Debate” question of the week is “How to Raise the Status of Teachers?” First steps, according to most of the
