My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at a a potential casualty of the Legislature’s budget debate: NJ’s Regional Achievement Centers, a centerpiece of the
About three dozen opponents to New Jersey’s proposed charter school amendments showed up at the State Board of Education meeting yesterday.( Coverage from NJ Spotlight,
The NJ DOE released the 2010-2011 School Report Cards yesterday, with a few new bells and whistles. One new feature is accurate graduation rates, previously
The big education story today is Mitt Romney’s “education platform,” which was unveiled, curiously, during a speech to the Latino Coalition (where he didn’t mention
The National Assessment of Educational Progress released its scores on science exams given to 8th graders. Overall, reports the Wall St. Journal, “32% of students
Education Commissioner Chris Cerf announced last year that the DOE would reorganize its local oversight from individual county offices to 7 Regional Achievement Centers (RAC’s),
Today’s NJ Spotlight reports on the Senate Budget Committee’s “polite questioning” of Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf, specifically regarding whether Gov. Christie’s budget shortchanged local districts
Education Law Center has released a statement and accompanying powerpoint that asserts the following: As outlined in the [Ed. Comm.] Cerf [Education Funding] Report, the
That’s the subject of my column today at NJ Spotlight. Over the past few months, the Christie Administration has intensified its focus on New Jersey’s
Today’s New York Times has an article on an affirmative action case that the U.S. Supreme Court will probably hear this term. In this case