NJ Department of Education (DOE)

Cognitive Dissonance

There’s lots of talk in local papers today about the swelling dropout rate in New Jersey’s public high schools. This…

16 years ago

NJSBA Power Play

In yet another sign of New Jersey's struggle over home rule, the Asbury Park Press editorialized yesterday that, in wake…

16 years ago

Zero-Sum Game

There’s daily chatter about the tussle in New Jersey between local school districts and the State Department of Education. Our…

16 years ago

Break out the Incense

Here’s a must-read piece in today’s Education Week on the current court battle about New Jersey’s school funding formula. Since…

16 years ago

Whack-A-Mole the Jersey Way

The reputation of local school boards and administrators in New Jersey is dappled with some fresh mud today. For starters,…

16 years ago

Target Practice

For a fine example of how New Jersey clobbers a flea with an uzi, take a look at this story…

16 years ago

Corey Booker Takes on NJEA

The October issue of School Reform News has just reprinted an article originally printed in the Rocky Mountain News during…

16 years ago

Plop Plop Fizz Fizz

Question: How are local school boards reacting to the reams of regulations recently issued by the DOE?Answer: Pass the alka-seltzer.The…

16 years ago

Grim(m) Fairy Tale

The national journal Science just published a report on how the No Child Left Behind academic benchmarks will lead to…

16 years ago

Corzine Takes on Locals

Here’s the Star-Ledger’s take on Corzine’s proposal yesterday to raise high school graduation requirements in New Jersey. The bottom line…

16 years ago