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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COMMENTARY: What We Lost When We Lost Steve Sweeney
I know I’m late to the party but I join others in mourning the loss of Steve Sweeney as President of the New Jersey State
BIDWAI: It’s Time to Embrace Virtual Schooling and Return Power to Parents
Makarand Bidwai is a New Jersey parent who lives in the Princeton area. He has previously protested Gov. Murphy’s mandate that all students must participate
STATEAIDGUY: How New Jersey’s ‘Quasimander’ Skews Against Republican Candidates
In the last twenty years the United States has seen its constitutional democratic deficits go from being latent problems that most Americans disregarded to being
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JAMES: Newark Superintendent Roger León Is a Puppet for the Union President and It Has to Stop Now
I started this blog to vent and share my worries about our city in the middle of a pandemic. As I have continued to reflect,
NJ Teachers: You’re Trapped in a System That Sucks Union Dues Out of Your Paychecks
President Will Swaim of the California Policy Center wrote a new year’s letter to CPC subscribers decrying the “legal corruption” by California’s public-sector unions. The letter’s language
Why Isn’t Murphy Prioritizing Teachers for COVID-19 Vaccinations?
Two Republican legislators from Monmouth County, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso and Declan O’Scanlon, are calling on Governor Murphy to prioritize teachers as the state moves forward
“They Tell Us to Mark Them Present Even if They’re Not Here”: How Many Newark Students Are Showing Up?
Last week Newark Superintendent Roger León, cowed by the Newark Teachers Union, announced that Newark Public School would remain closed at least through April, an
In NJ, Taxpayers Pay Teachers Who Are Full-Time Union Lobbyists. Is That Legal?
Should New Jersey’s taxpayers—strained under one of the heaviest tax burdens in the country—be paying public school teachers not to teach? The New Jersey Supreme
Here’s Why You Should Care About the DOE’s Poor Oversight of Asbury Park (Plus, Three Bonus Rumors)
Asbury Park school board members and administrators must be breathing a sigh of relief: Yesterday’s announcement by Gov. Murphy that the state will waive high
Breaking: Murphy Waives High School Graduation Tests & Data-Informed Teacher Evaluations
Press Release from the Governor’s Office– Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 214 to affect the following changes for the 2020-2021 school year: 1) waiver of
Jersey City and Trenton Join Newark in Keeping Schools Schools Closed Through Spring
The 30,000 students in Jersey City’s public schools have not seen the inside of their schools since last March when schools first closed at the
Fact-Checking a Skewed Take on Camden School Closures
WHYY has a “news” story on pending closures of traditional schools in Camden City due to declining enrollment. Certainly it’s a topic of interest and
COMMENTARY: Was DeVos Really the “Worst Secretary of Education Ever”?
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned last night, citing Wednesday’s putsch at the Capitol, Trump’s incitement of violence, and her concern that “impressionable children are watching all
What’s Another $32.5 Million? Doing the Math in Lakewood Public Schools
The Asbury Park Press reports that Rabbi Osher Eisemann, founder of the Lakewood private special education school called The School for Children with Hidden Intelligence
In a Win for Newark Teachers Union, Schools Will Remain Closed Until April
Three cheers for the Newark Teachers Union. District students were scheduled to return to a hybrid schedule —two days in school a week, three days
Paterson Public School District Regains Local Control
This release is courtesy of InsiderNJ. For context, among the 25,000 students in the district, the average math proficiency score is 17% (versus the New Jersey public
COMMENTARY: I’m No DeVos Fan, but the New York Times’s Broadside Shows Its Bias
The New York Times Editorial Board, in a piece published Sunday called “The Wreckage Betsy DeVos Leaves Behind,” excoriates out-going U.S. Education Secretary DeVos for
Local Control Run Wild: How NJ’s Fragmented School System Foments Segregation
This post, by Tim Evans, analyzes the relationship between school district fragmentation and the role it may play in fostering and maintaining a racially and
Doing the Math in Lakewood: COVID Rates, Laptop Access, and Student Outcomes
Transparency is not Lakewood Public School District’s middle name. According to Gustavo Martinez Contreras of the Asbury Park Press, while all other 28 districts in
Why Is Education Law Center Discounting Parent Support for Charter Schools in Deference to NJEA?
Jasmine Morrison is a parent activist in Newark with two sons in charter schools. For more coverage of her advocacy, see here, here, and here.
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Hi, dear readers. Here are the two top ten posts of 2020. The first is based solely on how many people each one. The second
COMMENTARY: Will Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary Work for All Kids?
We want to support you so that you can get to the great work of helping kids. You have to commit to that partnership if
What Does the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Think of Biden's Education Secretary?
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