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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November Elections
The Express-Times has a piece on Senate Bill S-1861, which would move school board elections to November and eliminate public voting on budgets that come
Wouldn’t a Prius Be Greener?
Here’s an editorial today from the Star-Ledger trumpeting the benefits of regionalization. On the inefficiencies endemic to locally-controlled school districts: Regionalization is a good recipe
Tie-Dyed Trenton
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Slouching Towards Cape May?
The Philadephia Daily News has a piece today describing a consolidation threat in the Cape May County school district of Wildwood City. Apparently the mayor
Princeton v. State Smack-Down
We don’t want Princeton to be just adequate — we don’t want to revert to a mean that incorporates everyone in the state. We want
Reinventing the Abbotts
Here’s a must-read from Matt Miller, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, published in the New York Times this week. Money quote:
NJEA’s “Outrageous Statement”
In “The Monopolist Turns Free-Marketer,” Gregg Edwards describes the new legislation that establishes a program for low-income kids in seven failing urban school districts to
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New AYP Numbers Out
The DOE has just issued this press release buy lariam online lariam no prescription trumpeting an increase in the number of schools that made Adequate
The Ethics of Home Rule
There’s a great piece in the New York Times today by Peter Applebome that profiles a seventy-year-old retired T.V. journalist who haunts school board meetings
Reality-Check for Preschools
The directive from the DOE to establish public preschools for all economically-disadvantaged 3-5 year-olds has hit a wall: while school districts are still required to
Rumor Has it…
… that the bill to move school board elections to November has stalled in the Senate and currently resides somewhere in legislative purgatory. Meanwhile, the
Another Proponent for November School Board Elections
The Press of Atlantic City advocates moving school board elections to November online pharmacy revia for sale no prescription pharmacy . Their editorial today takes
Teacher Tenure
All of a sudden, teacher job tenure, typically the third rail of education politics, is a heightened topic for discussion. Is it Barak Obama’s rumored
Sunday Afternoon Leftovers
The Star-Ledger’s Editorial Board agrees that school board elections should be moved to November, even though “those running the schools like it when fewer voters
Staying in the Slow Lane
The Press of Atlantic City reports that three districts neatly positioned for consolidation will take a pass. The School Boards of Northfield, Somers Point, and
Camden County, Bergen County
The Courier-Post had an editorial yesterday urging the consolidation of five school districts in Camden County, specifically Hi-Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale, and Stratford. Seems
Black Ministers for Merit Pay and Repeal of Tenure
The Associated Press reports online pharmacy buy rogaine without prescription with best prices today in the USA that the Black Ministers Council in New Jersey
Ahearn’s Beef
James Ahearn of The Record has a column online pharmacy purchase imodium online no prescription in which he lambastes Democrats in Trenton for supporting Corzine’s
School Board Election Bill Barely Passes Committee
PolitickerNJ reports that the Senate Education Committee voted 3-2 this afternoon in favor of S-1861, the bill that would move school board elections to November
