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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Philly Teacher Union Places Seniority Above Equal Opportunity for Kids
The bottom line is, the poorest students and the students of color have the highest number of inexperienced and ineffective teachers, the highest rates of
NJEA November Convention: A “Microcosm” of What’s Wrong with NJ Schools?
Is the NJEA Annual Convention, held the first Thursday and Friday in November, an inspired opportunity for teachers to network and improve instruction? Or is
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Public Preschool Expansion Trends in N.J.: The Star-Ledger reports that despite the Corzine administration’s failure to follow through on funding for preschools for poor kids
Quote of the Day: Obama and Merit Pay
As a candidate, President Obama signaled to teachers unions that he was open to the idea of linking teacher pay to student performance. Now, his
NJSBA to DOE: Your Efficiency Regs are Inefficient
The New Jersey School Boards Association has just released a report called “Accountability Regulations: The Cost to Local Districts,” which concludes that the Department of
“Everybody Hates The Teachers’ Unions Now” says Mickey Kaus…
…as the popular Slate blogger takes a look at the report from “Citizens Commission on Civil Rights” (see our post here), which describes the NEA’s
Quote of the Day: NJ Charter Schools
I hung out with some of the New Jersey folks, and was really impressed with what I learned. They are proud of what they have
This Isn’t Brain Surgery
Can education reformists borrow strategy and language from the health care reform movement? A piece in the Wall Street Journal today argues that In health
NJEA Gives “The Cartel” a Thumbs Down
The New Jersey Education Association is seething over Bob Bowdon’s film “The Cartel,” which depicts the New Jersey public education system as corrupt, wasteful, incompetently
Canary Carnage!
What’s the big deal? Corzine eliminates 13 non-operating school districts and everyone’s in a tizzy. Oh, right: it’s the home rule thing, a proud N.J.
How the NEA Undermines School Reform
A group called Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights has released a 36-page report entitled “National Teachers Unions and the Struggle over School Reform.” Signatories to
NJEA Needs to Leave Joe Camel Behind
“No scientific proof, then, has been found to convict smoking as a hazard to health.”From a 1968 Tobacco Institute publication entitled “The Cigarette Controversy.” “Tenure
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Demonstration in Newark on School Choice: 40 people stood in the rain in Newark this week to protest the state of N.J.’s urban school districts.
Mulshine the Ethicist: Corzine and Non-Operating Districts
Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine has an answer to our question on why Corzine would eliminate non-operating districts five months before the gubernatorial election: No sense?
Corzine on Non-Ops: Political Mastermind or Christie’s Patsy?
Question: Why would Corzine sign a bill right now to mandate closure of non-operating school districts? His attention to our overabundance of school districts is
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Press of A.C. and NJSBA Slam Assembly for Kowtowing to NJEA
The Press of Atlantic City’s Editorial Board comments on two of the bill proposals that passed unanimously in the Assembly’s Education Committee last week. One,
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The NEA’s letter [to U.S. Senators claiming erroneously, according to the WSJ, that the D.C. voucher program lowered student achievement] was a pre-emptive strike against
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Bobby Jindal Emulates New Jersey:Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is apparently a fan of N.J.’s Special Review Assessment, a test that N.J. high school seniors take
