Consolidate This!
Laura Waters
September 20, 2008
Here’s a couple of other relevant tidbits from the Ghost of Journalism Past as the State DOE makes a concerted effort to slink by home
Mud Wrestling
Laura Waters
September 20, 2008
As we witness the current wrestling match between home rule advocates and consolidation converts, it’s useful to move a few feet back from the ring
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
Sea of Troubles for NJ superintendents
Laura Waters
September 16, 2008
Slings and arrows continue to pierce the sore hides of New Jersey’s superintendents. The Star-Ledger reports on a business administrator at Delaware Valley Regional High
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
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
Easy Come, Easy Go
Laura Waters
September 9, 2008
The New York Times reports today on an ongoing dispute about the economics and politics of school construction in New Jersey, specifically the allocation of
Check Your Blind Spot
Laura Waters
September 9, 2008
New Jersey’s 615 school districts weep inefficiency. So it’s old news that the State is pushing hard on mergers of smaller towns. The Burlington County
Large Nuts
Laura Waters
August 24, 2008
Today’s Jersey section of the New York Times reviews the current excitement over the few NJ public school superintendents who are due to receive inordinately
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