high school reform

“Really Bad Learning Outcomes”

Megan McCardle at The Atlantic wonders about the cries of woe from middle-class parents, teacher unions, and other foes of…

14 years ago

Charter Funding Inequity

Bellweather Education Partners has a new report out today called “Location, Location, Location: How would a high-performing charter school network…

14 years ago

Seating Newark’s Children in the Front of the Bus

Question: Friday afternoon on Oprah during the announcement that Mark Zuckerberg was funding a $100 million grant to Newark’s public…

14 years ago

Dialogue of the Day

Former New Jersey governors Brendan T. Byrne and Tom Kean in the Star-Ledger on the prospects of legislative hearings and…

14 years ago

Education Law Center’s Field of Dreams

The Education Law Center (ELC), NJ’s preeminent defender of poor urban schoolchildren, has just issued another in its series of…

15 years ago

Cheat Sheet for Christie’s Educational Agenda

Here’s a Spark’s Notes version of Gov. Christie’s Education Subcommittee Report, which constitutes a list of recommendations to improve public…

15 years ago

New Collaborative: Disparity in Resources Leaves Poor Kids Behind

The New Jersey Organizing Collaborative, an arm of the Education Law Center, the Abbot Leadership Institute, and the Paterson Education…

15 years ago

Dems for Ed Reform Cites N.J.’s Two-Tier System

At Democrats for Education Reform, Executive Director Joe Williams and Director of Federal Policy Charles Barone have released a series…

15 years ago

Quote of the Day

This year, in Paterson, more than 40 percent of the seniors took the special test [given to students who can't…

15 years ago

What To Do When Half our Poor Kids Can’t Pass an 8th Grade Test?

While recent New Jersey history is not part of the State Board of Education’s just-released high school graduation requirements, let’s…

15 years ago