Countdown Clock to RTTT Deadline: 40 Days
Laura Waters
April 23, 2010
On June 1st, Race To The Top applications are due for states trying for the second round of the federal competition for stimulus funds. After
NJ’s Diploma Scam: Part I
Laura Waters
April 19, 2010
Last Tuesday the Education Law Center (ELC) sent a letter to Commissioner Bret Schundler requesting that he “set aside the results of last January’s Alternate
Grading the Core Curriculum Standards
Laura Waters
April 6, 2010
Now that the Common Core State Standards Initiative has released proposed national standards for math and language arts, reviews are starting to come in. The
Schundler and the Reinvented DOE
Laura Waters
March 8, 2010
Assembled school board members and administrators main-lining caffeine early Saturday morning in Harrison, NJ got their wake-up call, especially if they thought they’d be drowsing
MSM Gets Spun
Laura Waters
February 10, 2010
Okay, okay, we weren’t there. But here’s our best guess: after the NJDOE sent out a press release yesterday offering an call-in news conference with
Potholes in N.J.’s Race To The Top Track
Laura Waters
December 14, 2009
Democrats for Education Reform has just put out a list of states that recognize the opportunities for children and schools in the Race to the
RTTT as Political Football
Laura Waters
December 10, 2009
The Star-Ledger has obtained a November 19th email to Ed Commish Lucille Davy from Susan Cole, head of Christie’s education transition team, telling Davy not
Can New Jersey Salvage its RTTT Application?
Laura Waters
December 9, 2009
True, things look bleak. Our Race To The Top application was gathering dust in the DOE until Monday when Lucille Davy appeared before the Senate
Race To The Top Detritus
Laura Waters
December 4, 2009
Senators Tom Kean and Diane Allen, both members of the Senate Education Committee, expressed “disappointment” that N.J. “is woefully unprepared to apply for federal Race
N.J. DOE Gets Okay From Feds to Redefine “Adequate Yearly Progress”
Laura Waters
December 4, 2009
This past summer the DOE announced with great fanfare that it was raising the cut scores for ASK 3 and ASK 4, the standardized tests