Ravitch Gets it Wrong
Laura Waters
November 29, 2010
Diane Ravitch argues in the Wall Street Journal today that the Republican Party is faced with an “educational dilemma” because it’s always been the party
Drilling Down Disabilities Data
Laura Waters
November 5, 2010
NJ Spotlight points today to a stock-in-trade assumption regarding the role of students with disabilities in a school’s efforts to make “Adequate Yearly Progress” on
AYP Data Up
Laura Waters
November 4, 2010
The Department of Education has just posted No Child Left Behind Data for 2010, which indicates which schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and which
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
February 2, 2010
Derrell Bradford, executive director of the Newark-based advocacy group Excellent Education for Everyone, explains in The Record that NCLB served a key purpose in spite
802 N.J. Schools Miss NCLB Targets
Laura Waters
January 15, 2010
Speaking of a failing status quo, Adequate Yearly Progress reports for New Jersey were published yesterday and, under the strictures of No Child Left Behind,
Davy Takes the Stage
Laura Waters
October 30, 2009
It was standing room only yesterday at NJSBA’s “Conversation with the Commissioner” – over 300 board members and administrators eager to hear from Lucille Davy,
School Choice in Edison
Laura Waters
October 7, 2009
Students who attend Edison High School should consider themselves lucky, even though their school is in its second year of a School In Need of
Hey, Mr. Christie: Here’s Some Free Advice
Laura Waters
October 6, 2009
Christie’s campaign advisors have apparently decided that the “silence is golden” rule doesn’t apply to candidates undergoing horsewhipping for taking the taciturn approach to economic
Separate and Unequal in Jersey
Laura Waters
September 25, 2009
Yesterday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan called education “the civil rights issue of our generation.” It’s certainly the civil rights issue of New Jersey. Check this
Are Gifted Kids Getting Left Behind?
Laura Waters
August 28, 2009
In an op-ed in the New York Times today, Tom Loveless and Michael Petrelli argue that our brightest students are suffering from “benign neglect” due