While we do not yet know how many teachers may be subject to discipline once this year’s evaluations are completed, NJEA will vigorously represent any
It starts here: The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the consortium that provides student assessments for New Jersey and ten
The Hoboken Board of Education, writes attorney and charter school parent Paul Josephson in yesterday’s Star Ledger, is using school district funds to prevent Hoboken
It starts here: Last Friday Janice Williams, Grievance Chair of the Trenton Education Association, did us all a favor and cut through the political pantomime
In New Jersey, where education reform disputes seem especially shrill, the focus has been all-things-PARCC. Readers know where I stand: common standards and annual aligned
I’m a bit confused by the PARCC editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight. Scott A. Oswald, superintendent of Collingswood and Oaklyn public schools, thinks that the
Montclair Public Schools has one of the highest PARCC opt-out rates in the state and it appears that the boycott of annual standardized tests is
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex), chair of the Assembly Education Committee, has an editorial in today’s Star Ledger promoting his PARCC moratorium bill (A 4190) and
Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay at Assembly bill A4351, which
It starts here: New Jersey has administered annual standardized tests peacefully for 15 years, but this year’s spring ritual was scarred by dissension that engaged