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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Why NJ Botched RTTT
The US Department of Education has released reviews of each state’s Race To The Top application. (Here’s our reviews.) New Jersey placed 18th out of
NJSBA Calls for Salary Freezes
With only 16 out of almost 600 local teachers’ unions agreeing to salary give-backs, New Jersey School Boards Association has just issued a sample resolution
ELC Takes on TFA?
Education Law Center has submitted comments to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor regarding reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Unsurprisingly,
Clarification
Okay. 115 of our 591 school district unions did agree to salary freezes, just like the Star-Ledger reported last evening. Problem is that only 9
Christie Extends Deadline for Salary Freezes
Gov. Christie announced this afternoon that he’s extending the deadline for local units of NJEA to accept salary freezes so that school districts can get
Compared to Police, Teachers Are A Bargain
According to New Jersey Newsroom, the Christie Administration wants to encourage school districts to merge or at least agree to have one set of administrators
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If standards are well written, they become the rudder of education, and effective methods of instruction and assessment will follow in its wake. If the
Grading the Core Curriculum Standards
Now that the Common Core State Standards Initiative has released proposed national standards for math and language arts, reviews are starting to come in. The
Trenton Fails, The World Blogs
There’s a surge of education blogging, dateline Trenton. Skip Harrison at Schooled: Public Education in Trenton,NJ and “Chrissie” at Trentonkat have been scrupulously covering circumstances
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Teachers’ unions = layoff by seniority. In average districts, that just means losing lots of good teachers, instead of losing the least effective teachers. But
How About Interdistrict Teacher Choice?
The New York Times education writer, Winnie Hu, had no trouble in Saturday’s paper distinguishing some of NJ’s wealthy and high-performing school districts from our
Sunday Leftovers
The Star-Ledger examines NJEA’s budget and political sway. According to the most recent tax filings, Exec. Dir. Vince Giordano received $421,615 in salary and $128,508
Bad Friday for NJEA
Two highly regarded columnists – Kevin Manahan of the Star-Ledger and Alfred Doblin of The Record – take a cohort of teachers and the NJEA
Is Gov. Christie “Being Tough” or “Being a Bully” with NJEA?
That’s the question asked by the New York Times today: There’s a fine line between being tough and being a bully. Even some Republicans worry
SFRA as Gold Doubloon
Excuse the self-indulgent literary reference, but we just can’t help ourselves. The much-heralded/hated School Funding Reform Act, Gov. Corzine’s formula intended to more fairly equalize
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If the teachers union was smart, they would have accepted the wage freeze and the 1.5% health insurance premium, and then railed against Christie’s aid
Why Didn’t N.J. Make the First RTTT Cut?
Here’s The Record’s list of reasons why our first Race To The Top application was rejected: * It was unclear whether county offices, instruction specialists
An Abbott District Superintendent Explains It All
Speaking of our long history of correcting academic inequity through cash compensation, here’s Passaic Superintendent Robert Holster online pharmacy buy bactroban no prescription online pharmacy
Divining Christie’s Fiscal Strategy
When Gov. Christie slashed $819 million in state school aid on March 16th he wasn’t simply trying to balance a budget. In one fell swoop,
“How do you spell Asshole? C-H-R-I-S C-H-R-I-S-T-I-E”
That’s one of the cleaner tirades posted on the Facebook group New Jersey Teachers United Against Governor Chris Christie’s Pay Freeze, according to Wally Edge
