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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NJ Education Aid: New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Fictions on NJ’s Outmigration
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
Choosing the Best New Jersey Private School for Children with Special Needs
Julie Mower is Executive Director of The Phoenix Center, an accredited non-profit, private school that serves nearly 140 students ages 5-21 with autism, multiple disabilities,
Here’s What Mark Weber Gets Wrong About Camden Charter Schools’ Impact on Teacher Diversity
Mark Weber may have anticipated feeling a trifle abashed after this week’s publication of a data-driven apolitical analysis he wrote for the Fordham Institute. In
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Confessions from A Recovering Academic; Or, The Problems with Proffered Solutions To N.J.’s Segregated Schools (with apologies to Emily Dickinson)
The Civil Rights Project has a new academic paper out called “New Jersey’s Segregated Schools Trends and Paths Forward,” a follow-up to a report on
New Jersey’s Pension Crisis is Largely the Fault of NJEA Leaders: Here’s Why.
(This is a guest post by Michael Lilley, former executive director of Better Education For NJ Kids (B4K) and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise
“For the Camden Teachers’ Union, It’s Politics as Usual”: A Response to an Attack on Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard
I’ve written about Keith Benson before, president of the Camden Education Association and and paranoid conspiracy theorist who claims that the terrorist attack on 9/11
Talk About Chutzpah: Lakewood Board Hires a Lawyer to Defend Its Profligate Hire of Inzelbuch
School board members can get funny about money. When you’re dealing with multi-million dollar budgets, big expenses suddenly appear small potatoes. (I know. I was
The Soprano State, Muhammed Akil, and PC2E: A Jersey Story
Here’s part of Friday’s press release from the Newark-based organization Parent Coalition for Excellent Schools, or PC2E: Today the Parent Coalition for Excellent Education (PC2E)
The Votes Are In: New Jersey’s Teachers Union Really Blew It
The leaders of New Jersey’s primary teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), have egg on their faces. In a triumph of vindictiveness over
The Lakewood Vaad Says, “Vote For Murphy, He’s a Mensch”
To no one’s surprise, the Lakewood Vaad, a group of eleven ultra-Orthodox men who control all educational, political, budgetary, and construction activity in this rapidly-growing
Announcing (drumroll, please) the #GraduateReadyNJ Initiative!
We know what it takes for all New Jersey students to graduate ready for a successful future, whether college or career. While many students and schools
When We Look Closer at the Results in Newark, the Arrow Is Unquestionably Pointed Up
(This is a guest post by Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf. Prior to becoming superintendent, he was appointed by Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey to
Newark Signatories Put Adults Before Kids
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing, except when treasured memories are delusional. Which pretty much describes yesterday’s op-ed in NJ Spotlight signed by State Senator Ronald
In Princeton, Says This Special Needs Mom, A Choice Between Schools is No Choice At All
(This is a guest post by Aggie Sung, a certified early education teacher whose passion is in children’s books that teach young learners to express
NJEA Leaders Speak Stupid to Truth
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. That’s Albert Einstein, who was just proven correct about
Here’s What Matt Barnum Gets Wrong About Education Reform in Newark
Maybe it’s because I’m at the New Jersey Charter School Association annual conference and last evening heard Norm Atkins, founder of Uncommon Schools, remark that
This Mother Feels “Blessed” To Have Her Children in a N.J. Charter School: a New Report Tells Us Why
Last week wrote about the New Jersey Charter School Association’s new analysis, “20 Years of New Jersey Charter Schools: A State of the Sector Report,”
What is Driving Newark Students’ Academic Growth? Answers Here, Via New Harvard Analysis
Researchers at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) are releasing a study today called “Assessing the Impact of the Newark Education Reforms.” This
“Significant Reforms” Drive Newark Students’ Steady Academic Gains
We are very encouraged by results that show our students continue to make steady gains, especially when comparing their results to students in other cities.
Happy 20th Anniversary to New Jersey’s Charter Schools! A New Report Parses the Quality of the Sector
Twenty years ago New Jersey opened its first charter school. To mark the occasion, the New Jersey Charter School Association (NJCSA) released an analysis this
Was Lakewood Board of Education’s Hiring of Attorney Inzelbuch Legal? NJ Attorney General Says “Maybe Not.”
The letter below was sent to me by a kind reader who wishes to remain anonymous. This letter was procured from Lakewood Public Schools under
“You Have to Ask — What is Going on Here?’’ The Canary is Dead in Lakewood
I’ve written much about Lakewood’s practice of privileging ultra-Orthodox Jewish schoolchildren, particularly those with special needs, over the school district’s almost entirely Latino and Black
“I was never hungry in Nigeria.”— Three NJ Teachers Risk Everything To Save Their Students
(This is a guest post from my pal and colleague Erika Sanzi. It was originally posted on Erika’s blog, Good School Hunting.) buy lipitor online
