Volunteers Wanted

Ed. Commissioner Bret Schundler has just issued a call for teacher volunteers for the “Educational Effectiveness Evaluation Committee,” a new advisory group engendered by NJ’s

Tee Shirt of the Day

The one Dr. Diane Ravitch was wearing under her suit jacket at this week’s NEA Convention: “Public Schools: It’s a Right, Not a Race.” Great

Quote of the Day

Gov. Christie talks to Politico (hat tip: In The Lobby) about NJEA: On the union front, he said, “I think what you see now is

Quote of the Day

Disclosure: I lent a hand to NJ’s RTT application so I’m no longer an impartial observer. Please judge all my future RTT comments with this

New Jersey the Outlier

Edweek’s Michele McNeil has looked at all the Round 2 Race to the Top applications and come to the following conclusion: States significantly increased buy-in

NJ’s “Telenovela”

Patrick Riccards over at Eduflack reviews the “telenovela” in Jersey over our Race To The Top soap opera: Ed. Comm. Schundler announces a hard-edged proposal,

Paging All Fact-Checkers

Here’s Tom Moran on yesterday’s filing by the Education Law Center to overturn Christie’s public school education cuts because they violate the School Funding Reform

Schundler: “The Incredible Shrinking Ed. Comm.”

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board labels Bret Schundler “The Incredible Shrinking Education Commissioner.” Cute. Schundler’s anorexia, according to the Ledger, is due to his eroding credibility

Quote of the Day

Frank Belluscio of New Jersey School Boards on NJ’s Race To The Top prospects: What’s left now is a conceptually stronger application, but one which

Rumor Mill: Schundler is Still Cookin’

Ed. Comm. Schundler quashed rumors of his resignation yesterday, announcing that his early demise was prematurely reported. Various papers, including New Jersey Newsroom, say that