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If Phil Murphy Were Really “Progressive,” He’d Chuck the Marketing Ploys and Focus on Children.

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not…

5 years ago

If Murphy and Repollet Were Really “Progressive,” They’d Care About the Prospects of Students in Districts Like Newark.

Two weeks ago New Jersey’s NAEP scores came out and they weren’t pretty. These national tests, often referred to as…

5 years ago

Murphy Just Announced That He’s Replicating An Education Initiative That Failed in New York City.

Gov. Phil Murphy just announced a statewide “Computer Science for All” plan that allocates  $2 million in state grants “to…

5 years ago

As N.J. Governor, Legislature & Teachers Union Wrangle Over PARCC, the Fate of 170,000 High School Seniors Hangs in the Balance

Check out my new column in The 74. It starts here: Phil Murphy won his New Jersey governorship in 2017…

6 years ago

Legislative Superheroes Come Up With A PARCC Fix!

Throughout Phil Murphy’s slipshod attempts to eliminate PARCC assessments I’ve always wondered whether the State Legislature would take some sort…

6 years ago

The Star-Ledger Gets the Story Right But The Headline Wrong.

Don't blame that inconsistency on journalist Adam Clark:  typically writers have no control over headlines. Nonetheless, he's stuck with the…

6 years ago

Karp the PARCC-Slayer

Stan Karp, Director of of Secondary Reform for New Jersey’s Education Law Center, had an op-ed in NJ Spotlight on Friday…

6 years ago

How do PARCC Tests Match Up with “Gold Standard” Assessments?

New Jersey is celebrating its national dominance in academic achievement. The new National Assessment of Educational Progress scores (NAEP) just…

7 years ago

The Grown-Up Version of PARCC: Can We Measure Up?

The New Jersey Department of Education just released our children's 2017 scores on the state standardized PARCC tests in language…

7 years ago

N.J. Suburban Schools are “Not as Good as You Think”

On Monday I spoke at a launch event for Pacific Research Institute's release of a report called "“Not As Good…

9 years ago