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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But some of Mr. Booker’s biggest allies worry about the more than 40,000 students, or about 90% of the city’s kids, who don’t attend [high
Data Impasse
John Mooney at NJ Spotlight raises an important point in his piece on the ability of NJ’s statewide student data base – NJ SMART –
On “Quality-Based Lay-Offs”
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TO:All NJEA Members FROM:Barbara Keshishian, NJEA PresidentVincent Giordano, NJEA Executive Director RE:Tomorrow’s Legislative Assault from Gov. Christie Our war with the Christie Administration is now
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NJEA President Barbara Keshishian calls Christie a “liar”: This dishonesty and rancor from a governor is reprehensible. But there is a pattern here. Like the
Schundler Presents NJ’s Race To The Top Application
Bret Schundler is taking Arne Duncan at his word. The U.S. Education Secretary told states recently that the Race to the Top competition would reward
Educational Enigmas
The National Journal has an online debate among education experts addressing this question: “As states prepare their Race to the Top applications, what is more
A Warm Welcome To NJ Spotlight,
the newest online news and analysis source in the Garden State. Just launched this week, NJ Spotlight is spearheaded by education reporter John Mooney of
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Transforming (NJ’s) Urban Schools
Yesterday’s conference at Princeton University,“Crisis and Hope: Transforming America’s Urban Schools,” featured a star-studded roster of speakers: Ed. Comm. Bret Schundler, Martin Perez (President of
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NJ’s second attempt at securing Race To The Top funds goes public on Monday at 10, with a press briefing late tomorrow. (We’ll be there;
Do Teachers Get To Vote on Salary Freezes?
No disrespect intended towards the 71,000 members of the facebook page “New Jersey Teachers United Against Gov. Christie’s Pay Freeze,” but the zeitgeist of NJ
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The state’s entire proposal for evaluating teacher and principal effectiveness is promissory as it relies on a commission to spell out the exact variables to
NJ Tip Sheet on RTTT
Democrats For Education Reform, in conjunction with the Equality Education Project and Education Reform Now, has been issuing a series of briefs intended to assist
Asking The Right Question
Are the massive failure rates of students who took this year’s Alternative High School Assessment (AHSA) a failure of teaching or testing? That’s the heart
Sunday Leftovers
Reverend Reginald Jackson of the NJ Black Ministers Council comments on the Education Law Center’s plea to the DOE to set aside the just-released results
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Fact-Checking Linda Darling-Hammond
Bob Braun at the Star-Ledger writes of renowned education scholar Linda Darling-Hammond’s lecture in New Brunswick this week in which she lauds New Jersey’s success
Unharmonic Convergence
NJEA’s leadership, marching in lock-step with the police and firefighters’ unions, filed suit against pension reform laws that force all public employees to contribute 1.5%
