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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Doctors of Bologna
The AP reports today that the New Jersey Higher Education Commission ordered six additional educators to give up their claims to doctoral titles. The scrutiny
Willingboro and Moorestown: Reaching Higher
Let’s take a closer look at what consolidation of school districts would mean for students and families. Here’s a couple of points to keep in
Mandatory Volunteerism
We hear more and more about consolidation of school districts. Earlier in Governor Corzine’s term he spoke regularly about voluntary mergers of districts, but now
Is There a State Irony Committee?
The Asbury Park Press reports on some bickering spawned by the public outcry over the Keansburg superintendent who ended up with a huge retirement package.
Home Rule Exodus
The Star-Ledger reports today on the increasing pressure on New Jersey’s 566 municipalities to consolidate services such as animal control, health services, police departments, and
School Construction Chief Rumor
The Jersey blog PolitickerNJ is reporting that Scott Weiner, who “retired” last month from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (that’s the re-do of the
Cognitive Dissonance
There’s lots of talk in local papers today about the swelling dropout rate in New Jersey’s public high schools. This topic of the day was
NJSBA Power Play
In yet another sign of New Jersey’s struggle over home rule, the Asbury Park Press editorialized yesterday that, in wake of the diploma mill scandal
Zero-Sum Game
There’s daily chatter about the tussle in New Jersey between local school districts and the State Department of Education. Our beloved system of home rule
You Put Your Right Foot In, You Put Your Right Foot Out…
This is getting fun. Can you guess how NJ officials will react to the news that the former superintendent of Paterson violated state and local
Break out the Incense
Here’s a must-read piece in today’s Education Week on the current court battle about New Jersey’s school funding formula. Since 1981 when Abbott v Burke
Whack-A-Mole the Jersey Way
The reputation of local school boards and administrators in New Jersey is dappled with some fresh mud today. For starters, the National School Boards Association
Target Practice
For a fine example of how New Jersey clobbers a flea with an uzi, take a look at this story in today’s Star-Ledger regarding the
Corey Booker Takes on NJEA
The October issue of School Reform News has just reprinted an article originally printed in the Rocky Mountain News during the Democratic Convention in Denver.
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
Question: How are local school boards reacting to the reams of regulations recently issued by the DOE?Answer: Pass the alka-seltzer. The first part of these
Grim(m) Fairy Tale
The national journal Science just published a report on how the No Child Left Behind academic benchmarks will lead to a “widespread failure” among California’s
Turnover at SDA
Scott Weiner, CEO of the School Development Authority, announced yesterday evening that he was resigning. Said Weiner, I just felt we had reached a point
Consolidate This!
Here’s a couple of other relevant tidbits from the Ghost of Journalism Past as the State DOE makes a concerted effort to slink by home
Mud Wrestling
As we witness the current wrestling match between home rule advocates and consolidation converts, it’s useful to move a few feet back from the ring
