NJ’s Diploma Scam: Part I
Laura Waters
April 19, 2010
Last Tuesday the Education Law Center (ELC) sent a letter to Commissioner Bret Schundler requesting that he “set aside the results of last January’s Alternate
Lifeline for Trenton Central High?
Laura Waters
February 1, 2010
In yesterday’s Trenton Times Drs. James Deneen and Carmen Catanese propose a three-part fix for Trenton Central High School, one of NJ’s most dysfunctional educational
Parent: “Pathetic” Test Scores of Black Kids in Ewing, N.J.
Laura Waters
November 3, 2009
An informed parent in the Mercer County school district of Ewing Township, David Roscoe Brown, writes in the Trenton Times about the performance of black
NAACP Goes to Trenton
Laura Waters
July 28, 2009
A representative from the Trenton branch of the NAACP told the Trenton School Board last night that it must do something to improve the “abysmal”
Grading on a Curve
Laura Waters
July 21, 2009
Why did Lucille Davy and the DOE suddenly raise the score required for “proficiency” on N.J.’s standardized assessments for middle schoolers after the tests had
Mainstream Media Pans N.J.’s Backdoor Diploma Scam
Laura Waters
June 22, 2009
The Jersey papers are chock-full of stories and editorials today about the SRA scam in which kids who fail the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA)
What To Do When Half our Poor Kids Can’t Pass an 8th Grade Test?
Laura Waters
June 18, 2009
While recent New Jersey history is not part of the State Board of Education’s just-released high school graduation requirements, let’s stroll back down memory lane
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
June 16, 2009
The SRA [Special Review Assessment] is in some ways a modern paraphrase of the Wizard of Oz’s gift to the scarecrow: “I can’t give you
N.J. Has The Highest Graduation Rate in the U.S. Not.
Laura Waters
June 9, 2009
The Record crows today, New Jersey continues to lead the nation in the percentage of students who graduate from high school, according to a national
Honors Students Failing HSPA’s?
Laura Waters
April 21, 2009
Here’s a shocker. The Asbury Park Press’s Diane D’Amico reports that most kids who took the Special Review Assessment, an alternative test given to those