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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Should Teacher Salaries Be Recession-Proof?
That’s the argument made today in The Record by the Ringwood Education Association and the Ringwood Board of Education to justify the newly-announced contract: annual
Christie Puts His Weight Behind Charter Schools
Chris Christie is touting his promised reforms to NJ’s public education system (press release here; New Jersey Newsroom story here), which center on increasing commitments
On N.J. Public Education: “We’re spending enough to buy a Lincoln Town Car, but we’re actually getting a Ford Taurus.”
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NEA’s “Manifesto” on Education Reform
Comments on Race To The Top were due on Friday, and the National Education Association submitted theirs last week. (Link to the complete document through
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Hard Times:The Courier-Post reports on south Jersey districts that are laying off teachers, raising class size, and cutting out enrichment and sports programs due to
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Of course, those systems [that link student achievement to teacher performance] need to be sensible and fair. But the country will never get where it
Are Gifted Kids Getting Left Behind?
In an op-ed in the New York Times today, Tom Loveless and Michael Petrelli argue that our brightest students are suffering from “benign neglect” due
Here’s a Fact from “The Rubber Room,”
Steven Brill’s must-read in The New Yorker: 99% of all NYC teachers in 2001 received a “satisfactory” performance rating. Is there any other industry where
African-American High Schoolers in N.J. Drop Further Behind
SAT scores are in the news today. The Star-Ledger’s lede is that New Jersey students’ average SAT scores “inched upward one point this year,” though
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New Jersey spends more on education than any other state in the nation, but we are not getting a good return on those dollars when
Does Teacher Proficiency Matter?
The State DOE trumpeted the news last week: 99.7% of New Jersey classroom teachers are Highly Qualified! Declared Education Commissioner Lucille Davy, this victory “represent(s)
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The New Jersey Urban Youth Research Initiative is talking to Abbott high school students in Jersey City, Newark, and Paterson about the DOE’s new high
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When you come up as a student, there are a lot of students in your class and maybe one or two are disruptive, but those
Why Ed Reform is Healthier Than Health Reform
On Wednesday, Ed Comm Lucille Davy online pharmacy purchase tenormin online generic told the Star-Ledger that, while she was gratified that almost 100% of N.J.
Is Diane Ravitch Channeling Strom Thurmond?
Diane Ravitch is arguing that the President Obama’s educational agenda – using federal money to woo states to facilitate the expansion of charter schools and
New Report Casts Doubt on Efficacy of School Vouchers
A report released today from Bruce Baker at the Great Lakes Center, “Private Schooling in the U.S.: Expenditures, Supply, and Policy Implications,” questions the viability
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Christie on Charters, Vouchers, Pre-K
Last month School Leader, the monthly mag from NJSBA, published an interview with Governor Corzine. This month it’s Chris Christie’s turn, and there’s a couple
Special Ed Parents to DOE: Get Your Nose Out of Our Placement Business
Special education advocates continue to be alarmed by the broad powers granted to each county’s Executive County Superintendent (ECS). Originally, new DOE regulations seemed to
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Bergen County School Administrators Eschew Motel 6 For 4 Seasons:The Record reports that Bergen County Technical and Special Services School Districts took “taxpayer-funded trips to
