Live-Blogging from NJSBA

We’re live-blogging from the New Jersey School Boards Association annual convention in Atlantic City — 10,000 school board members, business administrators, superintendents, vendors, NJSBA reps.

Lake Wobegone Begone

Brace yourselves. The new scores for the state assessments are coming out and they’re not pretty. Two distinct elements contribute to the lack of glamour:

Break out the Incense

Here’s a must-read piece in today’s Education Week on the current court battle about New Jersey’s school funding formula. Since 1981 when Abbott v Burke

Target Practice

For a fine example of how New Jersey clobbers a flea with an uzi, take a look at this story in today’s Star-Ledger regarding the

Plop Plop Fizz Fizz

Question: How are local school boards reacting to the reams of regulations recently issued by the DOE?Answer: Pass the alka-seltzer. The first part of these