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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NJEducationAid: NJ Policy Perspective's Biased Research Is Misleading You About NJ Teacher Pensions.
As part of its advocacy for the New Jersey Education Association, the New Jersey Policy Perspective has put its imprimatur on several reports arguing that
JAMES: Where's My Refund? Newarkers Are Paying the Same Taxes, but Our Kids Are Receiving Less Learning
(This post first appeared in Newark Neighborhood View.) As you know from my previous blog posts, my daughter attends West Side High School. Over the
COMMENTARY: Some Advice for NJ's New Ed Commissioner: If We Don't Measure, We Can't Fix It
For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by the New Jersey Department of Education. The mismanagement by former
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Sunday Leftovers
Everyone is talking about Gov. Christie’s school funding”fairness formula,” which would allot a flat $6,599 per student, except for kids with disabilities, and a competing
What Does the Status Quo Have Against One Child’s Success Story?
On Tuesday NJ Spotlight published an inspiring speech by a Newark teenager about his journey through high school— from quitting Uncommon Schools’ North Star Academy because
And Education Law Center Gets Something RIght
Fair is fair. Here’s an excerpt from ELC’s press release on Gov. Christie, which crowns him the “most anti-public education Governor in modern New Jersey
NYC Coalition Attacks Mayor de Blasio for Depriving Kids of Space and Opportunity
By failing to provide our students with timely and fair access to public space, you are denying opportunity to New York City’s highest need children.
Correcting the Record: Education Law Center Gets the Facts (and Scapegoat) Wrong on District Consolidation
Yesterday NJTV asked a great question about New Jersey’s education system: why do residents, in a school system with more school districts per square mile
QOD: Remediating America’s “Scandal of K-12 Education” Requires Urgency, not Complacency
In today’s Wall Street Journal Juan Williams describes the “scandal of K-12 education” where “millions of black and Hispanic students in U.S. schools simply aren’t
What Was Christie’s Real Motive in Proposing a Radical — and Unpassable — School Funding Plan?
In just the last week New York and New Jersey residents were confronted with some hard facts about K-12 student outcomes. StudentsFirstNY issued a report
Newark Supe Announces Grant from the Private Non-Profit College Board
Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf announced on Tuesday that the district had formed a partnership with the College Board, the private non-profit that administers the PSAT’s
If You Hate Space-Sharing of Schools, Don’t Blame Charters
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has long regarded charter schools with antipathy, particularly the practice of allowing them to take advantage of unused
Tom Moran Dares Chris Christie to Come to Newark (and Bets He Doesn’t Have the Guts)
Chris Christie’s “Fairness Formula” would radically shift state school aid away from poor urban school districts, which mostly educate children of color, to wealthy white
Sunday Leftovers
Hold the phones! Here’s Education Law Center’s Executive Director David Sciarra on funding for charter schools and traditional schools: “You can’t fund schools based on
Why N.J. Still Needs Tenure Reform
“Two Mount Olive High School teachers, initially fired in 2013 after allegedly calling students “Negroes,” have been allowed to return to work and keep their
A Few Corrections to Dana Goldstein’s Slate Piece on Christie’s School Funding Proposal
Dana Goldstein has an article in Slate today called “Chris Christie’s Education Plan is Shocking.” While there’s much to like about her criticism of Christie’s
Under Christie’s School Funding Plan, State School Aid to His Home Town Would Increase by 1335%
In today’s Record, Charles Stile reflects on Gov. Christie’s proposal to place a referendum on the 2017 November ballot to amend the New Jersey Constitution’s
Question of the Day: What Could Christie Possibly Be Thinking?
Why would Gov. Christie propose a school funding reform plan that hasn’t a ghost of a chance of passing through the Legislature? That’s the question
Two Conflicting Views on School Integration
Nikole Hannah-Jones in the New York Times Magazine: The [Brown vs. Board of Education] ruling made clear that because this nation was founded on a
QOD: Kofi from the South Bronx Tells Brian Lehrer Why He’s “Baffled” at De Blasio’s Charter School Opposition
Every weekday morning WNYC host Brian Lehrer hosts a radio show on “what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and
Parsing NJEA’s Tax Filings & Considering NJ’s Fiscal State if Christie Wasn’t Governor
Jeff Bennett at New Jersey Education Aid asks this question: if Jon Corzine had won another term or Barbara Buono had beat Christie in New Jersey’s
N.J. Principal: PARCC Tests Tell Us What We Need to Know
When New Jerseyans hear “Bergen County,” they think “rich and white.” That perception is mostly true, but not entirely. For example, 45% of the students
Sunday Leftovers
“When I look across Camden today, for the first time in years,” says George Norcross, “I find myself optimistic about what the future holds for
