school boards

New WHYY Post: The Impact of NJ’s New Superintendent Salary Caps

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks looks at a draft Resolution that will be considered today at New Jersey School…

12 years ago

Camden Public Schools Will Lay off 100 Educators: Move Towards Efficiency or a Sell-Out?

Last night the Camden Board of Education voted to not challenge NJ’s takeover of its district, (see coverage from NJ…

12 years ago

Are NJ’s Superintendent Salary Caps a “Brain Drain?”

Gordon MacInnes, head of  NJ Policy Perspective and former honcho at the NJ Department of Education, is in a pet.…

12 years ago

Why Did NJ Take Over Camden’s Public Schools?

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks is titled "Christie Doesn't Trust Camden to Pick New Superintendent":Why did the State take…

12 years ago

NJ School Boards Chief Speaks out on Two Ill-Conceived Bills

Lawrence Feinsod, Executive Director of the NJSBA, remarks in a note to school board members on two bills before the…

12 years ago

Embarrassing Moments in School Board Governance

According to the Star-Ledger, a school board meeting in Monroe Township got “heated” when Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton “launched an angry…

12 years ago

NJ Bill Restricting School District Outsourcing Clears Committee

This just in from New Jersey School Boards Association: Senate Bill 1191, which would restrict school districts’ abilities to outsource…

12 years ago

NJSBA Slams NJ DOE’s Proposal to Augment Superintendent Power

New Jersey School Boards Association has no truck with a new DOE proposal that would let school superintendents unilaterally call…

12 years ago

Big Drop in NJ School Board Election Spending

From the Star-Ledger:Spending on school board races across the state this year fell to $597,000, a figure about one third…

12 years ago

November School Board Elections

Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenberg, sponsor of the bill that permits schools districts to avoid budget votes in exchange for…

12 years ago