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: 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
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
JAMES: It's a Victory for Newark Taxpayers but Is Roger Leon Taking Cami Anderson Lessons?
(This first appeared at Newark Neighborhood View.) online pharmacy valtrex no prescription with best prices today in the USA Earlier this month, I questioned the
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QOD: Chris Cerf Goes to Washington
On Wednesday Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf gave a speech at the American Enterprise Institute in which he reflected on the “pejorative connotations” of traditional school
Lauren Wells Has it Wrong: Parent Choice IS Collective Power
In an editorial in NJ Spotlight this week, Lauren Wells, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s former chief education officer, praises the NAACP’s resolution for a moratorium
An Apology to Phil Murphy, N.J’s Next Governor, Who Boldly Voted Against the NAACP Charter School Moratorium
On Saturday the NAACP voted for a resolution urging an indefinite moratorium on the expansion of charter schools. This was no surprise: everyone had predicted
QOD: Tom Moran asks, “Why is Phil Murphy Hostile to Charter Schools?” Answer: NJEA
Riffing off my piece earlier this week (hey, Tom, how about some attribution?) the editor of the Star Ledger notes that “the expansion of these
Camden Parents “Thrilled” By Mastery Charter School’s New Building. “This is the Most Hopeful We’ve Ever Been About Camden.”
On Tuesday Mastery Schools of Camden, a partnership with the Camden School District serving nearly 1,600 Camden families in five hybrid charter/traditional neighborhood schools, held
Meet NJ’s Next Governor Who Will Vote For a National Charter School Moratorium on Saturday
Allow me to take a wild guess: New Jersey’s newly-anointed next governor Phil Murphy has never stepped foot in a charter school. Yet on Saturday,
Dissecting the Opt-Out Bubble: A Thorough Analysis
The Consortium for Policy Research in Education has just released a working paper called “The Bubble Bursts: The 2015 Opt-Out Movement in New Jersey” (h/t:
Is New Jersey’s School Funding Formula Broken?
The answer is an unequivocal “yes,” according to State Auditor Steven Eells, who just released a report detailing substantial flaws in the ways that N.J.
Great News From Camden:Most PARCC Scores Up Across the District
Today Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced PARCC scores for the district’s 16,000 students. These student achievement levels are the first since the district transformed several
Department of Chutzpah: Newark Teachers Union Start “GoFundMe” page to “Stop the War on Teachers”
Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. Here’s Mike Antonucci: GoFundMe is an online fundraising site usually reserved for people with steep medical expenses or
What is Christie’s End-Game?
New Jersey papers are blaring Gov. Chris Christie’s declaration yesterday that he will attempt an end-run around the Legislature and go to through the court
N.J. Correlations Between Anti-Vaxxers and Anti-Testers
The Star-Ledger reports that a record 9,500 students in New Jersey declined vaccinations in the 2015-16 school year, according to the state health department. That’s
Here’s Why New Jersey’s School Aid Formula is Broken
Today the Star-Ledger marvels over the new Phillipsburg High School building, a “sprawling 326,000-square-foot school built atop a hill off Belvidere Road in Lopatcong Township.”
QOD: Bishop Reginald Jackson on School Choice, Legislators’ Indebtedness to NJEA, Teacher Tenure, and the Pretense of School Quality
As head of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey, Bishop Reginald Jackson has been a powerful voice for school reform.. Tom Moran of the
Camden Superintendent To Announce New Initiatives to Increase Student Safety
Tomorrow morning Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard will join with students, parents, and community leaders for an announcement focused on increasing student safety. The announcement, which involves
Diane Ravitch, Horace Mann, and the PDK Poll
Diane Ravitch is irked. The new Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) poll shows that that most Americans believe that the purpose of public education is to
Could Trump Push Hillary to the Left on School Choice?
The Donald has declared this “Education Week” as he prepares to formally detail his heretofore amorphous platform. Carolyn Phenicie reports at The 74 that Trump’s
QOD: If You Think That Charter Schools “Cream” Top Students, Look at Traditional Schools
David Osborne and Anne Osborne in US News and World Report: online pharmacy diflucan for sale no prescription Creaming can take several forms: self-selection by
De Blasio’s Dilemma: How Can He Maintain “Progressive Bluster” yet Eschew Educational Change?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, notes Robert J. Bellafiore in an entertaining post peppered with references to the Three Stooges and Abbott and
When What’s Good for Kids Conflicts With What’s Best for Adults: Privatizing Services in Public Schools
In yesterday’s NJ Spotlight, Jerell Blakeley, campaign organizer for a group called the New Jersey Work Environment Council, is disturbed by the growing trend of
