NJ Department of Education (DOE)

The Merger Macarena

As districts face the music generated by the DOE’s mandate on school consolidation, a predictable pattern is emerging: first, murmur…

16 years ago

Rush Holt on N.J.’s “Skimming Problem”

The Federal stimulus package, approved by the House and headed for the Senate, allots billions of dollars towards schools, and…

16 years ago

The Politics of High School Reform

There’s been much talk about reforming our high schools so that, according to the ubiquitous soundbite, our students are prepared…

16 years ago

What’s Another School District?

For a great example of the challenges inherent in consolidation of local school districts, look to Oradell’s campaign to withdraw…

16 years ago

Assembly Releases Bill Mandating Boilerplate Superintendent Contracts

PolitickerNJ is reporting that the Assembly Education Committee released a new bill, A-3185, that would require all school districts to…

16 years ago

School Officials Can Breathe Again…

...because it's looking more and more unlikely that local districts will have to start up full day preschools for poor…

16 years ago

Bill Gates on Tenure

Bill Gates, in his 2009 Annual Letter from the Gates Foundation (here), is candid about some failures in his education…

16 years ago

Home Depot Time

With a toss of a wrench into New Jersey’s school district budgets, Commissioner Lucille Davy sent a letter to all…

16 years ago

Princeton v. State Smack-Down

We don’t want Princeton to be just adequate — we don’t want to revert to a mean that incorporates everyone…

16 years ago

New AYP Numbers Out

The DOE has just issued this press release trumpeting an increase in the number of schools that made Adequate Yearly…

16 years ago