NPR reported this past weekend that 40 out of 50 states are having trouble finding special education teachers teachers and the primary reason is “the
The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s PARCC scores yesterday and the results were good and, in fact, consistent with highly-regarded NAEP assessments:
According to NPR, Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia is “hoping to contain a movement that led 20 percent of students to boycott the third-eighth grade
It starts here: On Saturday President Obama proposed a “Testing Action Plan” (TAP) that urges states to cap student standardized testing at no more than
The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s first PARCC results yesterday afternoon. No surprises here: student proficiency scores were lower because the tests
Today the New York Post Editorial Board comes out swinging, fists squarely directed at State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia because she committed the unforgivable transgression
Remember that movie “Race to Nowhere” where students are bullwhipped by mountains of schoolwork, tests, and stress, while their teachers are burnt out from relentless
Props to Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), who withstood pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ and stood strong against an Assembly bill that would have
The U.S. Congress is seemingly close to reauthorizing ESEA, now called the “Every Child Achieves Act.” But the current proposal is overly deferential towards Tea