NJ Department of Education (DOE)

Data Riddle

Earlier this week Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf urged caution in regards to news that cost per pupil in our poorest…

14 years ago

ELC Joins the Education Reform Movement?

David Sciarra, Executive Director of Education Law Center, has just put out an“educational blueprint for 2011 driven by the needs…

14 years ago

Rethinking School Funding

We’ll take it on faith that the reporter for this Trenton Times story didn’t write the headline – “School Districts…

14 years ago

NJ DOE Warns Districts of Potential State Aid Cuts

Yut’se Thomas, Acting Assistant Commissioner, writes in a memo to superintendents and business administrators, For purposes of developing your preliminary…

14 years ago

Quote of the Day

Liam Julian at Fordham's Flypaper blog considers Gov. Christie's comment during his State of the State speech that "teaching can…

14 years ago

It’s Not The Money

There’s two big education stories circling today: the NJ Supreme Court’s hearing on whether Gov. Christie’s school aid cuts violated…

14 years ago

Proposed Changes to Superintendent Prerequisites

The Record reports today that the NJ DOE has drawn up changes to credential requirements for superintendents of “struggling school…

14 years ago

Updating the Abbott Canon

Here’s a quote from a book review yesterday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eugene Robinson's "Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America."…

14 years ago

NJEA’s Luddism

Local school district referenda on school construction often serve as a barometer of the voters' willingness to support costs of…

14 years ago

It’s a poorly-kept secret in NJ

that the Department of Education is understaffed and overwhelmed with tasks as diverse as completing design and construction of a…

14 years ago