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 It Time to Trade Up to a Better Model?
Here’s two “must-reads” for you. Andrew Rotherham, who runs the thinktank Education Sector and blogs on Eduwonk, has a piece in US News and World
Star-Ledger Advocates Merit Pay
The Star-Ledger gets behind merit pay for teachers in today’s editorial, arguing that the typical union denunciation — that a differentiated pay system would harm
Aides Over Kids?
The State Assembly Education Committee is expected to release a new bill, A-420, which gives job protection to paraprofessionals employed in Title 1 districts online
County-Wide Preschools!
New Jersey’s public schools, under a new state mandate to provide free preschool to 3, 4, and 5 year-olds from low-income families, are in a
Joe the Lawyer
The Press of Atlantic City has an article today about the negative reactions generated by the new graduation requirements recently issued by the DOE. At
Where Would Malia and Sasha Go to School in NJ?
Eduwonkette has a great piece up called “Where Will Malia Ann and Sasha Obama go to School?” Says the author, Odds are that the Obamas
Change We Can Believe In
It’s mid-November, so it must be time for the NJEA Teacher Convention! A week after school board members partied in Atlantic City, 35,000 members of
Just Call Him Prince
In the wake of Scott Weiner’s “retirement” as CEO of the Schools Development Authority, State Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri online pharmacy buy lasix no prescription
Mountain-Climbing in Jersey
In a memo released Monday, Education Commissioner Lucille Davy announced that the U.S. Department of Education had approved some New Jersey slippage in our nation’s
The People Speak
With the rampant governmental infighting about consolidation of school districts, resistance from local school boards, and fiats from the Department of Education, we rarely have
So Sue Me…
The Record reports today on the lawsuit pressed by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators against the Department of Education. online pharmacy purchase nolvadex
Feverish Atlantic City
Here are two vignettes from the NJSBA convention. The first one: it’s Tuesday afternoon, and the Atlantic City Convention Center is way below capacity: school
Some Q & A
The State Legislative Update panel at the NJSBA convention might have been standing-room-only because of Corzine’s last-minute appearance (see here), but the crowd, mainly comprising
Davy Plays Defense
The New Jersey School Boards Association annual convention is normally a staid event: long days wandering through the vendors’ exhibits and picking up free pens
Live-Blogging from NJSBA
We’re live-blogging from the New Jersey School Boards Association annual convention in Atlantic City — 10,000 school board members, business administrators, superintendents, vendors, NJSBA reps.
The Jets and the Sharks?
There is a somewhat inspiring piece in The Record today regarding two north Bergen County high schools, Indian Hills High School and Ramapo High School.
Grant Graft
We are shocked and dismayed to learn that there was a lack of transparency in the distribution of State legislature–issued grants across New Jersey. Seriously,
Lake Wobegone Begone
Brace yourselves. The new scores for the state assessments are coming out and they’re not pretty. Two distinct elements contribute to the lack of glamour:
Inertia in Gloucester County
For an example of the resistance to consolidating school districts, look at the case of Gloucester County Vo-Tech and Gloucester County Special Services District. According
Legislative Cockiness
The political rhetoric is raging as the State Legislature approved more bills reining in the autonomy of local school districts. Interestingly enough, we’ve seen no
