NJ Department of Education (DOE)

Some Good News about Data-Driven Teacher Evaluations

In today’s New York Times David Leonhardt examines a new study from the D.C. school system on its teacher evaluation…

11 years ago

New WHYY column: Would Raising the Requirement for Teachers’ GPA’s Improve Teacher Quality?

My column today at WHYY's Newsworks considers the NJ DOE's proposal to raise the required G.P.A. for new teachers to…

11 years ago

Is It Time For Trenton to Have some Urban Hope?

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) is making headlines with his comment that “I know if Gov. Christie took 10 minutes out…

11 years ago

The “Opt Out” Movement: Should Parents Boycott Standardized Tests?

My column today at WHYY's Newsworks is called "Standardized Tests: High Stakes for Adults, Not Kids" and looks at the…

11 years ago

From the Department of Baby Steps

The [New Jersey] State Board heard an update on the intervention in the Camden school district. In the months since…

11 years ago

Delay for Aspiring Interdistrict Public School Choice Families and Schools

There’s a problem in paradise. Okay, maybe not, but there’s at least an inconvenient delay at  the NJ’s Interdistrict Public…

11 years ago

Camden Gets (Another) Interim Superintendent

NJ Spotlight and the Philadelphia Inquirer report that the State Board of Education has appointed Peggy Nicolosi to be Interim…

11 years ago

New Jersey and the Common Core

My column today at NJ Spotlight looks at the NJ's implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the attendant…

11 years ago

NJ DOE Amends Race to the Top Application

Check out NJ Spotlight’s update on New Jersey’s progress towards implementing the promises made in our (third time’s the charm)…

11 years ago

Trenton Children Held Hostage: Whither the Schools?

By now everyone’s heard about the horrific story of the Trenton mother and her five children held hostage by the…

12 years ago