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 Fisticuffs
Senator Dick Codey narrowly averted a boxing match between Senator Mike Doherty and Senator Ray Lesniak when he thrust himself between them as they inveighed
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If Chris Christie wants to make a lasting impression on New Jersey politics, he’s going to have to look beyond the budget and the long-standing
Volunteers Wanted
Ed. Commissioner Bret Schundler has just issued a call for teacher volunteers for the “Educational Effectiveness Evaluation Committee,” a new advisory group engendered by NJ’s
Parsing the AHSA Results
The Star-Ledger reports buy actos online actos online generic that 2,900 NJ high school seniors failed the Alternative High School Assessment, the replacement for the
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The one Dr. Diane Ravitch was wearing under her suit jacket at this week’s NEA Convention: “Public Schools: It’s a Right, Not a Race.” Great
Special Ed Segregation
Today’s Star-Ledger looks at the increasing cost of educating children with special needs in out-of-district placements, and districts’ efforts to create in-district classrooms. Fact from
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As school budgets, which have already been slashed this year, are stretched tighter, deeper cuts in staff and even larger class sizes are inevitable. This
Sunday Leftovers
If the Assembly approves the compromise tax cap agreed to by Gov. Christie and Senate President Steve Sweeney – a hard 2% cap with exceptions
Live From Asbury Park
Here’s a timeline for Asbury Park Schools Superintendent Antonio Lewis, recently in the news after an Administrative Law Judge ruled that tenure laws mandate that
Ah, Willingboro
The Burlington County Times reports that in Willingboro School District in Burlington County, [m]uch of the staff is still not in place for next school
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Gov. Christie talks to Politico (hat tip: In The Lobby) about NJEA: buy albenza online https://www.fixdental.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/3-41e80f49ff6fc2d63561aa7a4b7803d7/2022/albenza.html On the union front, he said, “I think what
Props to the Assembly
Interdistrict school choice is inscribed in law after an Assembly vote yesterday, 78-0. online pharmacy buy propecia no prescription Of course it’s all voluntary: districts
NJ Dems Split-Personality-Disorder
Professor Pat McGuinn of Drew University, sitting in for Rick Hess at Edweek, examines the growing rift within the Democratic Party over national education reform.
Board Members of Jersey City
Last week a divided Jersey City Board of Education extended Superintendent Charles T. Epps Jr.’s contract until 2013. Today one of the newly-elected Board members
Sunday Leftovers
Edweek’s Pat McGuinn on dueling interpretations of NJ’s NAEP scores, courtesy of NJEA’s and Christie Administration spokespeople: A few weeks ago, when new National Assessment
School Choice Update
Here’s Education Law Center’s David Sciarra on the non-movement (according to NJ Spotlight) of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, or the voucher bill: “We don’t want
Waiting for Principal
Joan Whitlow in the Star-Ledger l online pharmacy fluoxetine no prescription ooks thoughtfully at five Newark City schools that have garnered almost half of the
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A Hamilton Township Education Association member to HTEA President Fred Schwartz on his decision to refuse a salary freeze and disallow a membership vote on
Voucher Musings
It’s the same old play-off roster between the supporters and detractors of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, S1872, the Senate bill that would set up a
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