Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
November 18, 2012
NJ School Boards Association reports that almost 500 school districts held November elections for the first time, “a move that save money and increased voter
Newark/RTTT Update
Laura Waters
October 6, 2010
Yesterday Acting Commissioner of Education Rochelle Hendricks testified before a legislative committee and confirmed that the Quality Single Accountability Continuum (QSAC) would forbid a takeover
How ELC is Like the NRA (Hold Your Fire!)
Laura Waters
October 5, 2010
Education Law Center announced last week that it would sue both Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Chris Christie if either makes a decision regarding the
Let’s See…North Star or Newark Central…
Laura Waters
September 24, 2010
Everyone’s abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the State turn over control to
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
November 5, 2009
This [Robert Treat Academy Charter School] is a model that we should replicate all over the state of New Jersey, everywhere. And there is no
NJEA Members Refuse to Say “Baa”
Laura Waters
September 2, 2009
Politico has a piece on the role of organized labor in the gubernatorial races in Virginia and N.J. In spite of traditional union support for
Why did Cory Booker Endorse Mike Bloomberg?
Laura Waters
April 21, 2009
That’s an easy one. It’s education, stupid. Or it is once you parse the political pablum, thankfully at a minimum but repeated in the Star-Ledger
Dancing Lemons
Laura Waters
January 18, 2009
School Watch, the policy arm of the Excellent Education for Everyone think tank, has issued a fulminating report on the dismal state of the Newark
Mountain-Climbing in Jersey
Laura Waters
November 6, 2008
In a memo released Monday, Education Commissioner Lucille Davy announced that the U.S. Department of Education had approved some New Jersey slippage in our nation’s