A Race To The Top Proposal

Laura Waters April 20, 2010

We were awfully hard on the Education Law Center yesterday (see below), so here’s some praise: its April 15th press release does a great job

ELC and RTTT

Laura Waters April 15, 2010

David Sciarra, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, has an editorial at New Jersey Newsroom in which he attacks the “voucher bill,” or The

If NJ Was In Indiana…

Laura Waters April 13, 2010

Interesting development in Indiana regarding Race To The Top: the State Superintendent, Tony Bennett, has written a letter to the president of the Indiana State

Why NJ Botched RTTT

Laura Waters April 8, 2010

The US Department of Education has released reviews of each state’s Race To The Top application. (Here’s our reviews.) New Jersey placed 18th out of

How About Interdistrict Teacher Choice?

Laura Waters April 5, 2010

The New York Times education writer, Winnie Hu, had no trouble in Saturday’s paper distinguishing some of NJ’s wealthy and high-performing school districts from our

Why Didn’t N.J. Make the First RTTT Cut?

Laura Waters March 31, 2010

Here’s The Record’s list of reasons why our first Race To The Top application was rejected: * It was unclear whether county offices, instruction specialists

It’s Race To the Top Day

Laura Waters March 29, 2010

Today the US DOE will announce winners of the federal competition in education reform. Andy Smarick at Flypaper is placing odds if you’re a betting

Schundler on NJ’s Prospects for RTTT $

Laura Waters March 26, 2010

Ed Sec Schundler in an opinion piece in today’s Asbury Park Press: New Jersey will be submitting a second grant application for federal Race To