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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A second innovation is quality assessment and management. As the saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it — or improve it.
Sunday Leftovers
From the ongoing discussions between former New Jersey governors Brendan T. Byrne and Tom Kean in the Star-Ledger: Governor Kean: We’ve learned a very hard
Charter, Shmarter
Lady Liberty Academy Charter School in Newark, a K-8 school with 456 kids (273 are on the waiting list), is the subject of a 4-page
Braun Gets It Wrong
Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger is currently in high dudgeon over criticisms of NJ’s poor urban school districts, taking umbrage at “Newark bashing” by Gov.
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How many in Newark know that our principal contracts only call for 29 [work] hours per week?We’re going to have a massive community organizing effort
Desperately Seeking Logic
Yesterday in Old Bridge Governor Christie laid out the planks of his education reform platform. Here are his six initiatives, although he didn’t neglect forget
Newark Leftovers
Andrew Ross Sorkin, business writer for the New York Times, examines how Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will perform the alchemy necessary to turn shares of a
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As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don’t perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes,
And Now For Something Completely Different…
…here’s the results of NJEA’s bumper sticker contest: BUMBER (sic?) STICKER CONTEST WINNERS : 1st Place: Michele Ferreira “Knew Jursie Edukasion Unnder Christie” 2nd Place:
Seating Newark’s Children in the Front of the Bus
Question: Friday afternoon on Oprah during the announcement that Mark Zuckerberg was funding a $100 million grant to Newark’s public schools, why did U.S. Education
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The middle class in Newark to a large extent was created based upon jobs in the school system and the municipal government. So when you
Sunday Leftovers
Start with Josh Margolin’s excellent Statehouse synthesis of the Zuckerberg/Booker/Christie triumvirate, including the $100 million grant’s history (the idea started at a Sun Valley fund-raiser);
Let’s See…North Star or Newark Central…
Everyone’s abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the State turn over control to
Number of Kids on Waiting Lists for Newark Charter Schools
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Newark Superintendent Short-List
The Star-Ledger says the leading candidates for Newark’s new superintendent are John King (New York’s State Senior Deputy Commissioner heavily involved with its Race To
Senate RTTT Hearings Cancelled
The Senate has cancelled today’s hearings on our Race To The Top fumble because last night it received emails it had requested from the DOE.
Facebook Creator Sews His Own Superman Cape
Or, Zuckerberg Unbound Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, whose personal worth is valued at almost $7 billion, will announce on Oprah tomorrow that he is giving
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As Gov. Chris Christie and key Democratic and Republican leaders propose bold plans to reform education in New Jersey, they often are met by well-intentioned,
Rhee Comes To Trenton?
PolitickerNJ is reporting a rumor that Michelle Rhee, current Chancellor of D.C. schools and closely aligned with Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, who was defeated
Will Senate Democrats Dive Deep?
Everyone’s reporting that the Christie Administration has agreed to supply Senate Democrats with a plethora of documents relating to our failed Race To The Top
