Education Cities and Great Schools have created a new tool that quantifies trends in achievement gaps in each state and in some cities. The tool
Leave it to Jersey Jazzman, a.k.a., Mark Weber, to take offense — and then become offensive — after reading someone else’s opinion that might not
“I will sue New Jersey Department of Education,” said Veronica Mehno, a parent from West Windsor. “I will sue them so bad. I will sue
In today’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber, ally of NJEA, Save Our Schools-NJ, Education Law Center, and doctoral student of Bruce Baker, argues that PARCC scores
It’s like New Jersey is two separate countries, at least as I read my local papers yesterday. In the Trenton Times, Tricia Baker, a mom
What’s a high school diploma worth? That question underlies much of the current disputes about higher standards for schoolchildren. Historically we’ve flung around high school
Political discussions are often infected with false dichotomies, and the pros and cons of charter schools are not immune from this virus. Some charter advocates
On Monday at a press conference, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina was asked about the De Blasio Administration’s lackluster efforts to integrate the city’s highly-segregated
There are two articles out today, one from the Fran Stancavage and George Bohrnstedt at the American Institute for Research and the other from Michael
Like the boy in the Hans Christian Anderson’s tale called “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” we’re all agape as results on new benchmarked assessments roll in