Casting Call for Moses

Laura Waters September 17, 2008

Lucille Davy, Commissioner of Education, will depict her “vision of the future” today for New Jersey’s high schools, in spite of strident opposition from the

Apples and Oranges

Laura Waters September 15, 2008

Yesterday’s Star-Ledger has a piece about Newark’s high school graduation rate, and New Jersey’s lack of any standard formula for calculating this data. According to

NJ School Boards Musketeers

Laura Waters September 12, 2008

Marie Bilik, Executive Director of New Jersey School Boards Association, has been busy defending the honor of NJ’s 4800 school board members as our public

Bad Case Law

Laura Waters September 12, 2008

The North Jersey Record gives some more details on the lawsuit filed by NJASA against the State for unconstitutionally infringing on its members’ right to

Feds Take a Pass

Laura Waters September 11, 2008

Last night a federal court ruled that the State DOE had indeed overstepped its power by trying to regulate superintendents’ contracts. The suit against the

Park Place or Baltic Avenue?

Laura Waters September 9, 2008

Word has leaked out that the DOE will soon be issuing a boiler-plate contract for local districts to use for their superintendents. Reportedly, the State

Keansburg update

Laura Waters September 5, 2008

The Asbury Park Press reports today that the DOE’s case against the Keansburg superintendent, who is due to receive $184,586 in unused sick days and

Poached Eggs

Laura Waters September 4, 2008

The Star-Ledger reported yesterday that three Freehold Regional School administrators were ordered to strip the “Ph.D” from their titles after news broke that they received

Doomsday for 6A

Laura Waters August 28, 2008

New Jersey School Boards Association has a piece by Ray Pinney today, whose title at NJSBA is “Grassroots Coordinator and Lobbyist.” Pinney, in “Regionalization: Is

Casting Call for Crash Dummies

Laura Waters August 22, 2008

Local school boards and DOE mandates continue to collide as the Jersey papers wax on about limits on superintendent perks and, the latest, administrators who