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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Schundler Confirmed By Senate
The final vote this afternoon was 35-2. Senators John A. Girgenti and Nia Gill voted against the Education Commissioner’s confirmation. online pharmacy order paxil online
NJ’s “Two-Tier System of Widening Inequality”
Diane Ravitch, famous education historian, has just published her 18th book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice
Draft Standards Just Released
Here’s the link to the Common Core Standards, which represent an effort by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association
For a Concrete Cap
In The Lobby argues that Gov. Christie should take a page out of gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett’s book and place a strict cap on municipal,
ELC Takes on Christie
How mad is the Education Law Center over education spending cuts in NJ? This mad: ELC has joined with Dollars and Sense, the Paterson Education
What Will It Take for NJEA to Sign on to RTTT?
The Record argues that if NJ is to have any shot at winning Race To The Top dollars at the next round in June then
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Home rule is a very big cow and it’s time it either produced a beverage or became an entrée. Next week, Christie delivers his budget
Schundler and the Reinvented DOE
Assembled school board members and administrators main-lining caffeine early Saturday morning in Harrison, NJ got their wake-up call, especially if they thought they’d be drowsing
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You may recall the lunacy at the Freehold Regional High School District. That’s where teachers and administrators got worthless diplomas then used them to get
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NJ’s “Sham Reform”
We’re very comfortable with our opposition to [Race To The Top]. We think (U.S. Secretary of Education) Arne Duncan’s vision of how to increase student
Schundler on RTTT and NJEA
Statement of Acting Commissioner of Education Bret SchundlerU.S. Department of Education Race to the Top AnnouncementMarch 4, 2010 “President Obama’s education initiative, Race to the
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“Clearly what’s needed and lacking in the district is a curriculum.”
That’s a real quote. The speaker is Asbury Park School District’s new superintendent Denise Lowe, who says that “major changes have to be made to
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Keeping state aid flat from year to year may not be possible. The Corzine administration funded approximately 13 percent of this year’s state aid to
NJEA’s Strategic Stumble
Here’s NJEA President Barbara Keshishian explaining how the State is entirely at fault for NJ’s fiscal mess by failing to make pension payments: “It’s time
A Modest Proposal
NJEA President Barbara Keshishian has a news release out today online pharmacy buy cymbalta online with best prices today in the USA slamming Gov. Christie’s
NJ’s RTTT Rejection Letter
as imagined by PoliticsK-12 at Edweek: Dear (Insert Loser State Name Here), Thank you very much for your interest in Race to the Top. We
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The Trenton schools are some of the worst schools in the state. That’s a fact. There are shining students who make it out and find
Consolidation Deadline Looming
March 2010 is the presumptive date for Executive County Superintendents to file recommendations with the State DOE on consolidating non-K-12 school districts, according to marching
