NJ DOE’s Education Reform Agenda
Laura Waters
November 17, 2011
New Jersey’s application to the Feds for a waiver from the strictures of No Child Left Behind includes a wishlist of legislative bills that would
NJ’s Special Education Inequities
Laura Waters
November 8, 2011
The Record has a two-part piece (here and here) on a new trend among NJ school districts: serving students with disabilities within the public system
NJ Special Ed Funding Verdict: Broken
Laura Waters
November 4, 2011
The NJ State DOE has just released a report commissioned by Denver-based Augenblick Palaich and Associates (APA), which seeks to answer the question, does the
Press Release of the Day
Laura Waters
November 2, 2011
The NJ DOE sizes up our new NAEP scores: Under the Christie Administration, New Jersey continued to improve its overall national ranking on the 2011
NJ Hands in Race To The Top Application
Laura Waters
October 20, 2011
Today the NJ Department of Education submitted its application for the third round of the federal Race To The Top competition. This proposal targets early
NJ Charter School Feast
Laura Waters
October 5, 2011
Amidst all the will-he-or-won’t-he Christie fog on the Jersey windshield, it’s been easy to miss this week’s stream of articles and editorials on charter schools.
What Happens When a Mediocre Charter Closes But Traditional Publics Stink?
Laura Waters
September 9, 2011
The NJ DOE closed two charter schools in Trenton this summer – Trenton Community School and Capital Preparatory School – so now those kids must
Third Time’s the Charm?
Laura Waters
September 8, 2011
The Record reports that NJ is eligible for $28 million in the third round of the federal education reform competition, Race To The Top. A
“Dramatic Reorganization” of the NJ Department of Education
Laura Waters
July 13, 2011
Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf held a press briefing this afternoon. He announced: A “dramatic reorganization” of the Department of Education. The new structure will
NJ Channels NH in Charter School Laws
Laura Waters
July 5, 2011
There’s two good pieces on charter schools in the papers today: John Mooney in NJ Spotlight looks at the tiny charter school office at the