From Politico: The state Education Department will take suggestions on what portions of the Common Core standards should be changed, but the state “cannot go
Today the New York Post Editorial Board comes out swinging, fists squarely directed at State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia because she committed the unforgivable transgression
The members of New Jersey’s “review” of the Common Core State Standards are faced with a thankless task: fussing over highly-regarded academic standards that were
Last week Chris Stewart, native of New Orleans and graduate of the its public school system (“My NOLA education sucked. Badly.) blogged about how “a dedicated
Today the American Federation for Children and The 74 held an education summit in New Hampshire for GOP candidates. I haven’t read any commentary yet
Today’s Washington Post editorial describes the bizarre toxicity of the name “Common Core,” which has been poisoned by both those on the “right” — the
Remember that movie “Race to Nowhere” where students are bullwhipped by mountains of schoolwork, tests, and stress, while their teachers are burnt out from relentless
Here’s my new NJ Spotlight piece: Are we being over-optimistic when it comes to how well NJ’s middle-class students are being prepared for college? If
Marianne Lombardo at Education Reform Now looks at the recent report on NAEP scores from the National Center for Education Statistics. Results show that many
This article in South Jersey Magazine is two years old, but it could have been written today. Here, journalist Jayne Jacova Feld profiles a young