“The Cartel”: NJEA Goes Hollywood
Laura Waters
June 1, 2009
Not sure it’s Oscar buzz, but it sure sounds like the new movie “The Cartel” is putting N..J.’s educational establishment on the defensive. Word is
Ravitch Savages Education Equality Project
Laura Waters
May 28, 2009
Esteemed education scholar Diane Ravitch is engaging in a bizarre bit of sniping at the Education Equality Project, the education reform group headed by NYC
Movie and Popcorn Time
Laura Waters
May 26, 2009
Bob Ingle reports on the new feature-length movie “The Cartel,” which pans American education in general and New Jersey public education in particular. Here’s some
Pyrrhic Victory for NJEA
Laura Waters
May 12, 2009
Teacher unions have been under more scrutiny lately, especially the tenure laws that force districts to retain incompetent instructors (see here from the L.A. Times
Charter School Fever
Laura Waters
May 11, 2009
There’s been a fair amount of buzz regarding David Brooks’ column in the New York Times this past Friday. Brooks highlights The Promise Academy, a
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
May 9, 2009
Fallout from school Budget Failures: While about 70% of school budgets passed in New Jersey on April 21st, the ones that failed to gain voter
New York State of Mind
Laura Waters
April 27, 2009
Hold onto your seats. Timothy G. Kremer, the Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association, has a proposal in the New York
Living in a Post-Abbott World
Laura Waters
April 1, 2009
Last week, Judge Peter Doyne announced a ruling that, if upheld, will change the way we finance the education of poor children in New Jersey.
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
March 29, 2009
Education Law Center Gets Another Loss in Their Column: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 5-0 on Thursday that the D.O.E. does not have to
Rev. Jackson Goes to Trenton
Laura Waters
March 25, 2009
Reverend Reginald Jackson, head of New Jersey’s Black Ministers Council, will be at the Statehouse today advocating for school reform. Expect some fireworks; the Associated