From my post today at WHYY Newsworks,”What’s More Important: Local Control or Student Outcomes?” In New Jersey, nothing gets our blood boiling faster than the
My post this week at Newsworks WHYY is called “When Looking at School Consolidation, Let’s Talk Money.” How does an annual per pupil cost of
Today’s Trentonian posits a thought experiment on the consolidation of municipalities in Mercer County. The new map is formed with input from State Sen. Kip
The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers thinks so. Its new report, “Facing Our Future,” looks at the “tsunami” of eroding revenues throughout the state and
From “Facing Our Future”: New Jersey overwhelmingly retains the same governmental complexity as it has for more than 150 years: the number of municipal subdivisions
So I’m in my usual Republican Debate position, cringing in front of the TV as four white men attack women’s access to birth control (Husband:
The new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, “Measuring Up to the Model: A Tool for Comparing State Charter School Laws,” drew
Is it just me or does it seem that during this Republican Presidential Primary process there’s an astonishing lack of attention directed at education? When’s
When is a bill not just a bill? When it’s A 3582, which directs that the NJ Education Commissioner “shall not approve an application for
The big educational story in New Jersey today is the suit filed in State Appeals Court on behalf of the so-called “Bacon” districts, the rural