Who’s Partially Proficient?

Laura Waters February 4, 2009

The N.J. School Report Card data came out today and it’s a bit sobering. We’re sure there’ll be some punchy spin from Lucille Davy and

High School Redesign Undermined

Laura Waters February 3, 2009

New Jersey’s High School Redesign Steering Committee recently issued a set of newly rigorous requirements for public school diplomas. This effort is part of Corzine

The Politics of High School Reform

Laura Waters January 28, 2009

There’s been much talk about reforming our high schools so that, according to the ubiquitous soundbite, our students are prepared for the 21st century in

School Officials Can Breathe Again…

Laura Waters January 27, 2009

…because it’s looking more and more unlikely that local districts will have to start up full day preschools for poor 3 and 4-year-olds this September.

Davy to the Rescue

Laura Waters January 23, 2009

While New Jersey’s economy sinks and public school districts struggle to put together budgets without any certainty about State aid numbers, Education Commissioner Lucille Davy

Home Depot Time

Laura Waters January 20, 2009

With a toss of a wrench into New Jersey’s school district budgets, Commissioner Lucille Davy sent a letter to all superintendents on Friday recommending that

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

So Sue Me…

Laura Waters November 3, 2008

The Record reports today on the lawsuit pressed by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators against the Department of Education. online pharmacy purchase nolvadex

Feverish Atlantic City

Laura Waters November 2, 2008

Here are two vignettes from the NJSBA convention. The first one: it’s Tuesday afternoon, and the Atlantic City Convention Center is way below capacity: school

Davy Plays Defense

Laura Waters October 30, 2008

The New Jersey School Boards Association annual convention is normally a staid event: long days wandering through the vendors’ exhibits and picking up free pens