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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New Jersey’s Educational Caste System, Lakewood’s Elephant in the Room, and One Truth-Speaker
I’m awfully hard on Education Law Center so it is with pleasure that I salute Executive Director David Sciarra’s candor in his comments about the
MCKENNA: Whatever You Think About School Closures, Here’s How To Be Heard in Your District
Laura McKenna is a New Jersey parent of two teenage boys, one currently studying at Rutgers University and the other a high school student with
STATE AID GUY: More People Move Out of New Jersey Than Almost Any Other State, Contrary to NJPP’s Fictions
There is a lot of room to argue about the causes of NJ’s high rate of domestic outmigration. Reasonable people can disagree about what role
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All Schools Rise, Indeed: Camden Gets a Clean Bill of Health
Let me say at the outset that New Jersey school boards and administrators regard the state accountability assessment process, called the Quality Single Accountability Continuum
New Column: Murphy Says He Wants to Scrap PARCC Tests but Doesn’t Know How. Here’s What It Would Take —
It starts here: Eighteen months ago, Governor-to-be Phil Murphy vowed during his keynote address at the 2016 New Jersey Education Association convention to “scrap PARCC
When Politics Undermines Scholarship: A New “Analysis” from Julia Sass Rubin and Mark Weber
A new report is out called “New Jersey Charter Schools: A Data-Driven View – 2018 Update, Part I” by Julia Sass Rubin and Mark Weber.
A Preliminary Analysis of Murphy’s Education Budget from N.J.’s School Funding Expert
(This is a guest post from the anonymous writer of the great school funding blog called New Jersey Education Aid. The writer notes that this
Why Mark Rynone Left Corporate to Help Kids With Special Needs
Mark Rynone considers his passion for education as an outgrowth of family values. After all, his mother, brother and a handful of other relatives work
This Montclair Mom Moves to Brooklyn with Her Special Needs Son: Here’s What Happens
Nine-year-old Wesley Clark is a fourth-grader at PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights. He and his family were recently profiled in the New York Post buy kamagra-oral-jelly
Lakewood’s Latest “Travesty”: Follow the Money
Last month Lakewood Superintendent Laura Winters sent a letter to Governor Phil Murphy asking for more state money because of “an anticipated shortfall between $14
Richard Buery, former New York City Deputy Mayor, Moves to KIPP
KIPP, the highly-regarded charter school network with 209 schools across the country serving 90,000 students, announced today the appointment of Richard Buery as Chief of Policy and
Does a New Jersey High School Diploma Signify Anything At All?
Here’s the start of my new column at NJ Spotlight Last month, New Jersey’s new acting Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet described the state’s sixth year in
New Report on Special Education in Charter Schools: Room to Grow, But Steady Progess
The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) released a report today, “Key Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools: A Secondary Analysis
Here’s What It’s Like to Have a Teacher Think You Can’t Write Because You’re a Black Boy From Trenton.
(This piece, originally published at Education Post, is by Tre Johnson, a freelance writer on race, culture and politics. He’s also an educator, advocate and part-time
NJEA Shows Phil Murphy Who’s Boss: The Short Tenureship of Paula White
Late yesterday Star-Ledger editor Tom Moran had a scoop: Governor Phil Murphy abruptly rescinded the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Education Paula White a week
Fishing for Integrity in Lakewood
Two weeks ago Jersey Matters interviewed State Senator Robert Singer about Lakewood Public Schools’ practice of placing ultra-Orthodox students with disabilities in expensive private placements
Newark Naysayers, Listen Up: A KIPP Teacher Dispels Some Myths
(This is a guest post by Tommy Luna, an 8th Grade Math Teacher and Grade Level Chair at KIPP’s Rise Academy in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Luna
All Hail NJEA. All Jeer UFT.
When I was growing up in New York City, visitors from New Jersey were disparagingly mocked as the “bridge and tunnel crowd.” Woody Allen got
Why Can’t Plainfield City Find a Superintendent?
You have to have the parents of this district who are going to charter schools feel comfortable about coming here,” he said. “If they don’t,
Cerf: “This Is The Moment. The Biggest Risk as We Go To Local Control Is That Lurking In the Background
Last week in The 74 I analyzed the legacy of Chris Cerf’s tenure in New Jersey, both as Commissioner of Education and, more recently, as
The “Virtuous Circle” in Camden: Positive Progress Yields Community Support
Bryan Morton, Executive Director of Great Camden Schools, has an op-ed in the Courier Post that traces the arc of Camden Public Schools’ transformation, which
Great News! Lakewood Board of Education and Michael Inzelbuch Threaten to Resign
“Tell the state we’re not to be messed with,” Board of Education lawyer Michael Inzelbuch boomed into a microphone inside the high school commons last
A Fiscal Realist Responds to David Sciarra’s Innumeracy
David G. Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, wrote an editorial last week in NJ Spotlight slamming former Governor Chris Christie for not spending
