NJEA

Comparing NY and NJ’s Opt-Out Fever

New York and New Jersey are neighbors, but you’d never know it, at least judging by disparities in their anti-testing…

9 years ago

Trenton’s Special Education Secret (and one piece of its budget crisis): 900 Children Bussed Away Each Day to Other Schools

Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken.…

9 years ago

Correcting the Record: NJEA President’s False Narrative of PARCC and Opt-Out Alliances

Last week Wendell Steinhauer, President of the New Jersey Education Association, published an editorial in the Asbury Park Press called…

9 years ago

Princeton High School Student Explains Why He Opted Out of PARCC Last Year

CentralJersey examines Princeton High School's high rate of PARCC refusals (last year 800 out of 1,164 high school students refused…

9 years ago

Montclair Kids First to NJEA Sec/Treas.: “Our Town is Not for Sale”

A judge on the Essex County Superior Court ruled late yesterday that NJEA Secretary/Treasurer Sean Spiller is ineligible to serve…

9 years ago

Analyses and Reactions to Christie’s Proposed Education Budget

Yesterday afternoon Gov. Christie proposed his 2017 budget of $34.8 billion. (Here's the budget and here's a transcript of the…

9 years ago

Parent Threatens to Sue N.J. over PARCC Testing: Can We All Get a Grip?

"I will sue New Jersey Department of Education," said Veronica Mehno, a parent from West Windsor. "I will sue them…

9 years ago

N.J. PARCC Scores: All Our Kids are Above Average (well, mostly)

The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s PARCC scores yesterday and the results were good and, in fact,…

9 years ago

Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum, SOS-NJ, and NJEA Celebrate Christie’s SIgning of Two Anti-Testing Bills

Today's NJ Spotlight reports on Gov. Christie's approval of two Assembly bills, one that bars standardized testing for K-2 students…

9 years ago

NJEA Leaders Scorn All Republicans, as Well as Dems Who Understand N.J.’s Pension Crisis

As a follow-up to NJEA's wonderful, fabulous, all good, very great day on Tuesday when its $4 million Super PAC…

9 years ago