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WHYY Post: Statehouse Democrats Want to Cut All Funding for NJ’s Regional Achievement Centers

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks looks at a a potential casualty of the Legislature's budget debate: NJ's Regional Achievement…

12 years ago

“Suburbia” Comes Out Against Charter School Amendments

About three dozen opponents to New Jersey’s proposed charter school amendments showed up at the State Board of Education meeting…

12 years ago

NJ Report Cards Cause Consternation Re: “Real” Cost Per Pupil

The NJ DOE released the 2010-2011 School Report Cards yesterday, with a few new bells and whistles. One new feature…

12 years ago

Romney Needs an I.E.P.* on School Funding

The big education story today is Mitt Romney's “education platform,” which was unveiled, curiously, during a speech to the Latino…

13 years ago

NAEP Science Test Scores Released

The National Assessment of Educational Progress released its scores on science exams given to 8th graders. Overall, reports the Wall…

13 years ago

NJ DOE Advertises RAC Positions

Education Commissioner Chris Cerf announced last year that the DOE would reorganize its local oversight from individual county offices to…

13 years ago

Are There Qualified Teachers in Camden’s Classrooms?

Today’s NJ Spotlight reports on the Senate Budget Committee’s “polite questioning” of Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf, specifically regarding whether Gov.…

13 years ago

Education Law Center: Christie is Doing “End Run” Around Legislature Re: School Funding

Education Law Center has released a statement and accompanying powerpoint that asserts the following:As outlined in the [Ed. Comm.] Cerf…

13 years ago

Christie Administration’s New Approach Towards Separate and Unequal

That's the subject of my column today at NJ Spotlight.Over the past few months, the Christie Administration has intensified its…

13 years ago

Affirmative Action in New Jersey

Today’s New York Times has an article on an affirmative action case that the U.S. Supreme Court will probably hear…

13 years ago