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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Is a Jersey City Public Education Priceless?
Here’s the most in-depth discussion of educational issues among our gubernatorial candidates. The Star-Ledger’s Editorial Board covers the usual contentious topics – school funding, universal
School Choice in Edison
Students who attend Edison High School should consider themselves lucky, even though their school is in its second year of a School In Need of
Suspended Super Demands Principal Post
Here’s a good one. Antonio Lewis is a former Superintendent of Asbury Park School District whose compensation package included a salary of $188K. Before he
Christie Writes a Letter to NJEA Members
Read it here; his education platform is prefaced by this explanation (emphases are his own): buy arava online arava online generic Right now, the Trenton-based
Hey, Mr. Christie: Here’s Some Free Advice
Christie’s campaign advisors have apparently decided that the “silence is golden” rule doesn’t apply to candidates undergoing horsewhipping for taking the taciturn approach to economic
The Amazing Wasser: Now You See Him, Now You Don’t
After the Freehold Regional High School District accepted James Wasser’s resignation in the wake of embarrassing revelations that he purchased his doctorate from a diploma
Dueling Quotes of the Day
If he’s re-elected, Jon Corzine will be more indebted to the public and private sector unions than ever before. Remember, this is the man who
Charter School Math
Let’s look at a real example of charter schools in an poor urban area with rotten schools, say, Camden. Here’s the sorry stats for Camden
Is Corzine Really a Charter School Fan?
Jon Corzine’s deathbed conversion to unfettered charter school expansion during Thursday night’s gubernatorial debate is a little confusing if you’ve been following the rhetoric. Just
Sunday Leftovers
Is our arbitration process for public employee union contracts driving up the cost of teacher salaries? William G. Dressel Jr., Executive Director of the N.J.
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[NJEA] has successfully resisted proposals for regional negotiation of public-school salaries that would help local school districts resist the whipsaw effect of high settlements in
Here’s A Dumb Idea:
Let’s increase electrical work costs in public schools. Yet that’s the bill just passed by the N.J. Legislature and now sitting on the desk of
Questions We’d Like To Hear At Tonight’s Debate
1) Jon Corzine counts his School Funding Reform Act as a major accomplishment for his Administration. It channels money on a per pupil basis to
Speaking of Unsustainable School Costs,
In The Lobby muses today on New Jersey’s “Gordian knot,” our property tax crisis: So far this year, teacher contracts are averaging increases of more
$27K Per Kid and It’s Not Even An Abbott District
What better advertisement for school district consolidation than the Pascack Valley area of Bergen County comprising four little towns, Montvale, Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, and River
Chris Christie Has Posted Rebuttals to Corzine’s Slaps
at his education agenda and snuck in a few sucker-punches of his own. Some highlights: Corzine used one-time ARRA funds to fill education holes in
“Utopian Goals” and Special Education
Let us build a law that demands real accountability tied to growth and gain in the classroom – rather than utopian goals – a law
Sunday Leftovers
This Week’s Race To The Top Rumors: online pharmacy buy rogaine online cheap pharmacy 1) There will be only one round of submissions for funding
Separate and Unequal in Jersey
Yesterday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan called education “the civil rights issue of our generation.” It’s certainly the civil rights issue of New Jersey. Check this
Preschool Math
Under orders from the DOE to provide free full-day preschool to about 600 3-and 4-year olds, the Berkeley Board of Education has asked administrators to
