NJ Department of Education (DOE)

Education Reform and Civil Rights

Here’s Sandra Alberti, Director of Math and Science Education at the NJ DOE. in NJ Spotlight:We have this thing called…

14 years ago

Parsing the AHSA Results

The Star-Ledger reports that 2,900 NJ high school seniors failed the Alternative High School Assessment, the replacement for the long-discredited…

14 years ago

Andy Smarick’s New Gig Starts on Aug. 2nd

We reported a month ago on Fordham’s Andy Smarick’s pending appointment as Bret Schundler’s Deputy Commissioner, but NJ Spotlight is…

14 years ago

ELC: “The NJ DOE Is Still Failing Our Students”

David Sciarra, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, excoriates the NJ Department of Education in the most recent widget…

14 years ago

NJEA and Schundler Embrace Ed Reform?

Word’s out: Ed. Comm. Schundler and NJEA’s Barbara Keshishian and Vince Giordano made a deal, and local bargaining units will…

15 years ago

RTTT Update

The Record reports that as of yesterday 292 districts out of our 658 districts and charters had sent back their…

15 years ago

NJ’s RTTT Prospects

This afternoon the State Senate has 31 bills on its docket: one that upgrades penalties for drag racing, one that…

15 years ago

Asking The Right Question

Are the massive failure rates of students who took this year's Alternative High School Assessment (AHSA) a failure of teaching…

15 years ago

RTTT Update

The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association has an update on our Race To The Top application, due June 1st…

15 years ago

How We Fail the Kids in Camden

My heart is crushed right now just because he worked hard to reach this point," [Beyonka] Walden-Utley said about her…

15 years ago