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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Charter, Shmarter
Michael Winerip in today’s New York Times online pharmacy buy vibramycin without prescription with best prices today in the USA channels Diane Ravitch: There is
Sunday Leftovers
The founder and chair of the LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden explains how LEAP has successfully implemented a merit pay system among its
Union Matters
Here’s Mike Antonucci at the Education Intelligence Agency on the national teacher union NEA’s battle against threats to collective bargaining and other lesser offensives like
Christie’s School Aid Cuts Take It On The Chin
While Judge Peter Doyne’s ruling on the constitutionality of Gov. Christie’s cuts to school aid may not be Shakespeare, it’s rich with the political subtexts
Doyne Rules Against Christie’s Education Cuts
Judge Peter Doyne just issued his ruling on whether or not Christie’s 2010-2011 $1 billion cut in education aid violated NJ’s constitutional mandate to provide
Quote of the Day
There isn’t going to be any way that there will be co-existence with charter schools while I’m breathing. That’s the temperate words of Newark Teachers
What Happened to our Interdistrict Choice?
In today’s New York Times Bob Herbert looks at the impact of taking kids from segregated, low-performing schools and placing them in neighboring high-performing districts:
Dialogue of the Day
Governors Brendon Byrne and Tom Kean discuss the pending State Supreme Court decision on the Abbott funding case: online pharmacy buy celexa no insurance with
What Was the Historical Purpose of Teacher Tenure?
Tenure emerged in response to the spoils system in public schooling, under which teachers were hired (and fired) as a consequence of the political process
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There is this ‘bless your heart’ problem in the teaching profession. It’s, ‘This is so hard, so bless your heart for trying.’ That’s not how
Sunday Leftovers
“I am afraid that doing more with less is the new model in New Jersey.” That’s Jennifer Keyes-Maloney, an assistant director with the New Jersey
Asbury Park Follow-Up
The State Monitor who oversees Asbury Park Public Schools has decided to close Barak Obama Elementary School. According to the Asbury Park Press, students there
Public Unions Go Postal
NJEA President Barbara Keshishian has a piece in the Star-Ledger today lambasting the Jersey paper for a general lack of support and for “ridicul[ing] NJEA’s
Is Democrat/Republican a False Dichotomy? (It is in Education Reform)
Kevin P. Chavous, Chairman of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, has a piece in the Daily Caller that advocates for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship
Teacher Incentives Bill
Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, a Democrat in Union, has introduced a two-bill package that would pay teachers more to work in low-performing school districts. From the
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[T]eaching to the test is not necessarily a bad thing if the content on the test is a representative sample of the broad array of
We’re Off-Balance
The head of PISA, the international achievement test, says that the U.S. needs to “raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified
Bleeding in Asbury Park
The Asbury Park Public Schools’ struggle to improve student performance continues unabated. Today the Asbury Park Press reports that the Asbury Park School Board rejected
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If there is one dominant trend during the past decade in terms of school elections, it is the growing clout of the New Jersey Education
Trenton Trap
Trenton Community Charter School is in big trouble, according to the Trenton Times. The 13-year-old K-8 school with 173 students has failed to make Adequate
