In today’s New York Times David Leonhardt examines a new study from the D.C. school system on its teacher evaluation program called Impact, which was
My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks considers the NJ DOE’s proposal to raise the required G.P.A. for new teachers to 3.0. Would this change be
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) is making headlines with his comment that “I know if Gov. Christie took 10 minutes out of his schedule to walk
My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks is called “Standardized Tests: High Stakes for Adults, Not Kids” and looks at the “opt-out” movement, which urges parents
The [New Jersey] State Board heard an update on the intervention in the Camden school district. In the months since the state intervened in Camden,
There’s a problem in paradise. Okay, maybe not, but there’s at least an inconvenient delay at the NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows
NJ Spotlight and the Philadelphia Inquirer report that the State Board of Education has appointed Peggy Nicolosi to be Interim Superintendent of Camden Public Schools.
My column today at NJ Spotlight looks at the NJ’s implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the attendant student tests. Here’s a truism:
Check out NJ Spotlight’s update on New Jersey’s progress towards implementing the promises made in our (third time’s the charm) winning application to the federal
By now everyone’s heard about the horrific story of the Trenton mother and her five children held hostage by the mother’s boyfriend for two weeks.