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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Rev. Jackson Goes to Trenton
Reverend Reginald Jackson online pharmacy buy biaxin no insurance with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy sildalis no prescription , head of New
Filling in Bubbles
Ed D. Hirsch, Jr opines in the New York Times today teaching to the test is just fine, as long as the tests are aligned
Dunkin’ Munchins
The Asbury Park Press reports on the battle between home rule traditionalists and those who are press for the merging of “doughnut-hole towns” in order
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Asbury-Park Press Votes “No” on Preschools: Corzine’s determination to go ahead with a preschool expansion is “unconscionable in this economic climate” and Davy’s excitement is
New Spending Guide Released
Commissioner Lucille Davy today released the 2009 Comparative Spending Guide, the DOE’s annual statistical report that details local school spending and ranks districts based on
Abbott’s Law
The Philadelphia Inquirer just reported that the NJ DOE has bowed to pressure and agreed to eliminate Algebra II from the list of new high
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First, right now the teachers’ unions are in a purgatory of their own creation. They don’t want to use data to evaluate teachers and they
Englewood Heroics
All hail the Englewood School Board, which has courageously drawn a line in the sand between fiscal logic and inanity. North Jersey reports that negotiations
Ocean County Consolidation meets the DOE
Bruce Greenfield, Ocean County Executive Superintendent, seems way ahead of the curve on his marching orders to offer consolidation proposals to the DOE. According to
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As a former school board member, I am saddened by the timidity of school boards. At this time, the David of school boards are mismatched
Byrne and Kean: Cut N.J. Education Costs
Governors Brendan Byrne and Tom Kean were interviewed by the Star-Ledger editorial online pharmacy https://cosmeticconfidenceny.com/wp-content/uploads/wpcode/cache/library/robaxin.html no prescription online pharmacy buy avodart online no prescription board.
Now if School Districts Could Catch Up with Local Media…
Local papers continue to foment over the crippling costs of home rule. The Record looks at 8 Pascack Valley towns that have formed a consortium
With One Hand Corzine Giveth…
Was the headline writer for the New York Times having some fun when he titled John Mooney’s piece on Sunday, “Dozens of Schools to Benefit
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Collectively, these [appointed Camden City School Board] members have missed 46 percent of their meetings online pharmacy buy zetia no prescription with best prices today
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Davy Up Close and Personal: buy kamagra-oral-jelly online buy kamagra-oral-jelly online no prescription Today’s Star-Ledger has a lukewarm profile of Education Commissioner Lucille Davy in
Merit Pay Momentum
The Record comes out in favor of at least trying some form of merit pay in New Jersey: The New Jersey School Boards Association knows
Toothless in Ocean County
Here’s the problem with Corzine’s school consolidation initiative: it won’t work. Witness the forum held in Ocean County, where the Executive County Superintendent Bruce Greenfield
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“To be honest with you, when you’re a couple million dollars over cap, I need a preschool like I need a hole in the head.”
Corzine’s Hat Trick
Given the complexity of this economic situation, any increase at all is a victory. We are very, very fortunate that the governor has made education
Pre-April Chill
As if school boards didn’t have enough financial angst, NJSBA reported yesterday that out of five referendum questions on the ballot Tuesday, only one passed.
