NJ Department of Education (DOE)

Viral Testing

NJEA President Barbara Keshishian in the Asbury Park Press bemoans the “test score culture” that has invaded our public schools…

14 years ago

Quality-Blind Lay-Offs

Sometime this afternoon, NJEA promises, it will unveil its blueprint for reforming our outdated tenure laws and using student growth…

14 years ago

Finalists for NJ DOE Commissioner

NJ Spotlight says that the short list includes Acting Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks, Christopher Cerf, Andy Smarick, Deborah Gist, and Michelle…

14 years ago

Legislative Inertia and Charter Schools

Here’s what’s missing in the Democratic Assembly pile-on regarding NJ’s loss of $14 million in Federal funding to help expand…

14 years ago

Leave Your Foreskins at the Door

The Asbury Park Press, as part of its series on racial disparities within New Jersey’s special education placements, zooms in…

14 years ago

NJ NAEP Scores Out

The National Assessment of Education Progress has released results of the new 12th grade reading and math tests. According to…

14 years ago

Remember the Lightbulb Jokes?

There’s no dearth of ink for the ongoing roiling over school superintendent caps in New Jersey. Every paper is featuring…

14 years ago

A Rumor is Circulating

that Dr. Aaron Graham, currently Executive County Superintendent in Bergen, will be appointed Assistant Commissioner for the Department of Education,…

14 years ago

DOE Strategic Blunder

It’s been a bad week for the NJ Department of Education. Acting Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks’ conspicuous absence at last week’s…

14 years ago

Logical Corollary

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board worries today that the recent surge in applications for new charter schools – a record 51…

14 years ago