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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Corzine Takes on Locals
Here’s the Star-Ledger’s take on Corzine’s proposal yesterday to raise high school graduation requirements in New Jersey. The bottom line is that kids would take
Casting Call for Moses
Lucille Davy, Commissioner of Education, will depict her “vision of the future” today for New Jersey’s high schools, in spite of strident opposition from the
Sea of Troubles for NJ superintendents
Slings and arrows continue to pierce the sore hides of New Jersey’s superintendents. The Star-Ledger reports on a business administrator at Delaware Valley Regional High
Apples and Oranges
Yesterday’s Star-Ledger has a piece about Newark’s high school graduation rate, and New Jersey’s lack of any standard formula for calculating this data. According to
Dysfunction-R-Us
Megan McArdle, a blogger for the Atlantic Monthly has a thoughtful description of the dysfunction within education, specifically unions vs. bureaucrats: The school system is
NJ School Boards Musketeers
Marie Bilik, Executive Director of New Jersey School Boards Association, has been busy defending the honor of NJ’s 4800 school board members as our public
Bad Case Law
The North Jersey Record gives some more details on the lawsuit filed by NJASA against the State for unconstitutionally infringing on its members’ right to
Feds Take a Pass
Last night a federal court ruled that the State DOE had indeed overstepped its power by trying to regulate superintendents’ contracts. The suit against the
Easy Come, Easy Go
The New York Times reports today on an ongoing dispute about the economics and politics of school construction in New Jersey, specifically the allocation of
Check Your Blind Spot
New Jersey’s 615 school districts weep inefficiency online pharmacy buy amaryl online no prescription pharmacy . So it’s old news that the State is pushing
Have They Tried Craigslist?
A report in the Atlantic City Press on a new superintendent in Atlantic County takes note of the high turnover rate of superintendents in NJ.
Park Place or Baltic Avenue?
Word has leaked out that the DOE will soon be issuing a boiler-plate contract for local districts to use for their superintendents. Reportedly, the State
More on School Board liability
The Star-Ledger reports on the liability of the Newark School Board in the case of the survivors of three college students who were fatally shot
Keansburg update
The Asbury Park Press reports today that the DOE’s case against the Keansburg superintendent, who is due to receive $184,586 in unused sick days and
Poached Eggs
The Star-Ledger reported yesterday that three Freehold Regional School administrators were ordered to strip the “Ph.D” from their titles after news broke that they received
Booker and Friends
The Los Angeles Times has an op ed co-written by John Doerr, partner in a venture capital firm, Ted Mitchell, chief executive of NewSchools Venture
Union Fist-Bump
A piece in the Star Ledger today delves into a bill that never got signed. In June, the NJ Legislature voted to scale back pension
Doomsday for 6A
New Jersey School Boards Association has a piece by Ray Pinney today, whose title at NJSBA is “Grassroots Coordinator and Lobbyist.” Pinney, in “Regionalization: Is
And the Next Pitch…
The frenzy over superintendent compensation packages continues unabated. By far the loudest chorus is from those who bewail this financial fraud perpetrated on the backs
