Cognitive Dissonance
Laura Waters
October 16, 2008
There’s lots of talk in local papers today about the swelling dropout rate in New Jersey’s public high schools. This topic of the day was
NJSBA Power Play
Laura Waters
October 14, 2008
In yet another sign of New Jersey’s struggle over home rule, the Asbury Park Press editorialized yesterday that, in wake of the diploma mill scandal
Zero-Sum Game
Laura Waters
October 13, 2008
There’s daily chatter about the tussle in New Jersey between local school districts and the State Department of Education. Our beloved system of home rule
Break out the Incense
Laura Waters
October 8, 2008
Here’s a must-read piece in today’s Education Week on the current court battle about New Jersey’s school funding formula. Since 1981 when Abbott v Burke
Whack-A-Mole the Jersey Way
Laura Waters
October 7, 2008
The reputation of local school boards and administrators in New Jersey is dappled with some fresh mud today. For starters, the National School Boards Association
Target Practice
Laura Waters
October 3, 2008
For a fine example of how New Jersey clobbers a flea with an uzi, take a look at this story in today’s Star-Ledger regarding the
Corey Booker Takes on NJEA
Laura Waters
October 2, 2008
The October issue of School Reform News has just reprinted an article originally printed in the Rocky Mountain News during the Democratic Convention in Denver.
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
Laura Waters
October 1, 2008
Question: How are local school boards reacting to the reams of regulations recently issued by the DOE?Answer: Pass the alka-seltzer. The first part of these
Grim(m) Fairy Tale
Laura Waters
September 26, 2008
The national journal Science just published a report on how the No Child Left Behind academic benchmarks will lead to a “widespread failure” among California’s
Corzine Takes on Locals
Laura Waters
September 18, 2008
Here’s the Star-Ledger’s take on Corzine’s proposal yesterday to raise high school graduation requirements in New Jersey. The bottom line is that kids would take