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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Will We Bury Our Heads in the Sand or Get Serious About Covid Learning Loss?
“More than ever, it is abundantly clear there is a need for real-time data on where our children stand academically.” – M. Teresa Ruiz, NJ
LILLEY: Follow the Money from NJEA to NJ Spotlight
There’s now an eighth strand in the NJEA’s close relationship with NJ Spotlight. As detailed in Sunlight’s blog “What Has Happened to NJ Spotlight?,” NJ Spotlight appears
This is How School Boards Victimize Parents and Their Children with Disabilities
Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), founder
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Charter Haters Keep Hating, But Six Success Academy Kids Make The Cut for N.Y.C.’s Elite Magnet Schools
There’s some remarkable news out of New York City today: The Daily News reports that six eighth-graders who attend Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy charter schools,
QOD: Yonkers Teacher Union Leaders Coach Teacher On Covering Up Student Assault
The 74 buy ventolin online buy ventolin online no prescription has a piece up today on Yonkers Public Schools, one of New York State’s most
If You’re Keeping Score of PARCC Opt-Out Rates in New Jersey…
Montclair Public Schools, one of the hotbeds of PARCC refusals, reports that more students took the PARCC this year than last year. According an article
Paterson Students Can’t Pass Basic Military Eligibility Tests and Education Law Center Fails Logic
Education Law Center continues to attack the New Jersey Department of Education’s regulations that require that high school graduates demonstrate basic academic skills on standardized
Nine New Charters Get Preliminary Approval from New Jersey Commissioner
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Christie Attacks NJEA Prez as the “Guy Driving the Mercedes Making $400K a Year”
The Star-Ledger is reporting on Gov. Christie’s take on the state’s fiscal problems, which include a cratering pension system, a broke Transportation Trust Fund, and
New York Times Hails Jersey City as the New Hot Spot; Extra Bonus: Those Million Dollar Homes Come with Free
The Sunday edition of the New York Times always has a real estate section with a column called “Living In,” which profiles communities in the
U.S. Senator Cory Booker on Newark’s Educational Transformation and “Real School Choice”
Last month Sen. Booker gave a speech at the American Federation for Children annual meeting in D.C. Here’s an excerpt, or you can see the
Sunday Leftovers
(Special school funding edition, plus extra long because I was in Chicago at Education Post’s Blogging Summit for a few days.) New Jersey’s inequitable school
Brooklyn Schools, Heeding Opt-Out Advocates Advice, Lose Honor and Money
Here’s the “BOTTOM LINE” from the-anti-accountability group New York State Allies for Public Education: A school district does NOT lose funding if there is less
Correcting the Record: Gov. Cuomo Mixes Up NYS Science Standards with Common Core
Here’s a statement from the Collaborative for Student Success, which gently explains to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, erstwhile supporter of educational equity and accountability, that New
QOD: N.J. Senate President Sweeney: I Support Standardized Tests and “See Value” in Charter Schools
From Politico: State Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he supported standardized tests and questioned the “hysteria” surrounding PARCC, New Jersey’s latest student assessment, during remarks
Christie Blames the N.J. Superintendent Cap on Teacher Unions and Says He’ll Think About it Another Day
Back in 2010 N.J. Governor Chris Christie “pretty much unilaterally,”reports today’s N.J. Spotlight, imposed a salary cap on school superintendents: up $175K per year for
Sunday Leftovers
To the surprise of many, New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto chose a little-known assemblywoman, Marlene Caride, to take over Patrick Diegnan’s slot as Chair of
QOD: Ravitch is “Chief Propagandist for Corporate Unionism”; Bonus: Find Out How She Maintains Her Prodigious Blogging Output
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Paterson Ex-School Board Member Needs a Little Education on PARCC
PolitickerNJ is featuring an editorial today from former Paterson School Board member Corey Teague. He must be recently “former” because an article in the Star-Ledger describes
Hoboken’s Free Abbott Preschool Students are “Lily White”
Sometimes I think I’m too hard (see here and here) on New Jersey’s Education Law Center, that noble organization that bills itself as “one of
Assemblyman Ciattarelli: Let’s “De-Abbottize” School Districts That Receive Way Too Much State Aid
Want to talk about inequality? Social and economic justice? The one percent? How about owners of $6.5 million homes sending their kids to free Pre-K
Education Law Center Fights Newark’s Charter Expansion and Privileges Bureaucracy over Families
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QOD: Principal of Philadelphia High School Explains the LIFO Albatross & Gov. Wolf’s Choice of Unions Over Kids
Sharif El-Mekki, principal of Shoemaker Middle and High School in Philadelphia, considers the impact of PA Governor Wolf’s veto of House Bill 805, which would
