Opting-In as “the Great Equalizer”
Laura Waters
April 1, 2015
The Asbury Park Press reports that Marlboro Public Schools wins the prize in Monmouth County for the school district with the most PARCC opt-outs. There,
The Record Calls it on Anti-PARCC Legislation
Laura Waters
March 30, 2015
WHEN THE Assembly unanimously approved a bill Thursday to create a policy allowing students to opt out of taking the new standardized PARCC test, they
The Irony of Anti-PARCC-ers
Laura Waters
March 11, 2015
The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board thinks poorly of a bill, A 3079, just passed unanimously by the New Jersey Assembly, that would bar standardized testing
Legislative Update: N.J. Assembly Yields to Anti-PARCC Pandering
Laura Waters
March 10, 2015
In a victory of brown-nosing over common sense, the N.J. Assembly approved two bills yesterday, A 3307 and A 3079. A 3307, according to the
Cliffs and Fences
Laura Waters
June 20, 2011
Democrats are in a bind. They can’t tell the unions to go to hell, and they can’t follow them off the cliff. But the fence