common core

New Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa Suggests Poverty is Destiny; Has She Gone Too Far?

New Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa, queen of the opt-out movement in New York State and heroine to teacher union leaders,…

9 years ago

Long Island Moms “Opt Out and Shop Out!”

OMG. This is so cool. Newsday reports today that “opponents of Common Core testing plan an ‘Opt Out, Shop Out’event…

9 years ago

Rosa’s Ascendency on N.Y.’s Board of Regents Worsens N.Y.’s Ed Reform Prognosis

On February 28th, the Daily News ran this headline: “RIP, NY School Reform.” Either the editors there weren’t letting on…

9 years ago

Asbury Park Press Editorial Board Shoots the Messenger and Denies the Message

The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board is in denial. While they gleefully -- and expertly -- dissect the dysfunction in…

9 years ago

Correcting the Record: NJEA President’s False Narrative of PARCC and Opt-Out Alliances

Last week Wendell Steinhauer, President of the New Jersey Education Association, published an editorial in the Asbury Park Press called…

9 years ago

A Modest Opt-In Proposal

This Friday United Opt Out, which describes itself as "a focused point of unyielding resistance to corporate ed. reform," is…

9 years ago

What’s Should a High School Diploma Be Worth? N.J. Apologists and Anti-PARCC-ers Say “Not Much”

In today’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber, ally of NJEA, Save Our Schools-NJ, Education Law Center, and doctoral student of Bruce…

9 years ago

The “Time Loop” of Opposition to the Common Core

In today’s New York Times, Paul Krugman opines that the current GOP presidential contenders represent the “time loop party” who preen…

9 years ago

Bergen County Mom: I Might Have Encouraged My Daughter to take PARCC if I Knew Then What I Know Now

The Record reports today that “PARCC refusals were highest in some of the more affluent and high-achieving districts in Bergen…

9 years ago

What Happens when a Long Island District Liquidates Standards and Accountability?

In a school district in Suffolk County, N.Y., a  revolution against standards and assessments is underway. However, this is not…

9 years ago