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COMMENTARY: The Lawsuit to Desegregate NJ Schools Rests on Whether Lululemom Will Open in Trenton

Today Mary Ann Koruth of The Record has a great update of a lawsuit currently before the state Superior Court…

2 years ago

To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine? Divergent Approaches in South Orange and West-Windsor

Last week South Orange-Maplewood Public School District made news by announcing that all students travelling beyond the tri-state area during…

3 years ago

Local Control Run Wild: How NJ’s Fragmented School System Foments Segregation

This post, by Tim Evans, analyzes the relationship between school district fragmentation and the role it may play in fostering…

4 years ago

In the Charter-Schools-Cause-Segregation Lawsuit, Will A Bogus Argument Win Over Truth?

The notice at the bottom of this post was sent yesterday to all districts, charter schools, and hybrid renaissance schools…

5 years ago

The Hidden Agenda Behind The Segregation Lawsuit (Plus a Personal Disclosure)

On Friday Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson made an important ruling in a lawsuit filed against the State of New…

5 years ago

Taking Pot Shots at N.J.’s Charter School Students

"The charter school law needs to be rewritten in a thoughtful, comprehensive way. It's been more than 20 years since…

9 years ago

The Irony of Anti-PARCC-ers

The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board thinks poorly of a bill, A 3079, just passed unanimously by the New Jersey Assembly,…

10 years ago

N.J. Students Survive PARCC Tests But There’s a Troubling Trend Among Opt-Outs

Here's my new Newsworks column: This week many of New Jersey's students took PARCC tests, the new computer-based standardized assessments aligned…

10 years ago

Just How “Grassroots” is the Opt-Out Movement in New Jersey?

Judging by NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ websites and lobbying efforts, New Jersey parents are opting-out their children from PARCC…

10 years ago

One of N.J.’s Top Superintendents Explains What’s Wrong with the Opt-Out Movement

James A. Crisfield, superintendent of one of New Jersey’s highest-performing districts, Millburn Public Schools, has an editorial today in NJ…

10 years ago