high school reform

State Board Approves New H.S. Requirements

The State Board of Education has just issued a press release stating that they have adopted new high school graduation…

15 years ago

High School Can of Worms

Derrell Bradford of E3 (Excellent Education for Everyone) has a new column out that slams the D.O.E.’s Special Review Assessment,…

16 years ago

Honors Students Failing HSPA’s?

Here’s a shocker. The Asbury Park Press’s Diane D'Amico reports that most kids who took the Special Review Assessment, an…

16 years ago

Why did Cory Booker Endorse Mike Bloomberg?

That's an easy one. It's education, stupid.Or it is once you parse the political pablum, thankfully at a minimum but…

16 years ago

Living in a Post-Abbott World

Last week, Judge Peter Doyne announced a ruling that, if upheld, will change the way we finance the education of…

16 years ago

Abbott’s Law

The Philadelphia Inquirer just reported that the NJ DOE has bowed to pressure and agreed to eliminate Algebra II from…

16 years ago

Whose Achievement Gap?

A Star-Ledger editorial today pans the DOE’s new high school graduation requirements:Education Commissioner Lucille Davy insists all children are born…

16 years ago

NJ’s Field of Dreams

A piece in the Gloucester County Times surveys three districts in regard to the newly rigorous high school requirements: Washington,…

16 years ago

Redesigning High School Redesign

The Star-Ledger reports today that the DOE granted “preliminary approval” to their own plan to increase graduation requirements for the…

16 years ago

Salvaging the DOE

As the new data from the N.J. State Report Cards makes the rounds, the DOE is caught in the unenviable…

16 years ago